Patent ID: 7946612

Claim:
A safety arrangement suitable for mounting to the steering wheel of a motor vehicle, the safety arrangement comprising: a housing for housing an air-bag, the housing provided with a contact member; and a cover moveably mounted to the housing to cover at least part of the air-bag, the cover including a plurality of spaced apart attachment formations which each retain part of a connection element to attach the connection element to the cover, the connection element and the contact member together defining part of an electrical circuit for use as a switch in a motor vehicle electrical circuit, the connection element being moveable in response to movement of the cover, the cover moveable relative to the housing from an initial position in which the connection element is spaced apart from the contact member to an actuating position in which the connection element engages the contact member to form an electrical connection with the contact member; wherein the connection element is resiliently deformable and clipped to the cover such that the connection element is biased into each of the attachment formations to retain the connection element in position on the cover.