Patent ID: 7997612

Claim:
A steering wheel arrangement comprising: a steering wheel frame having a hub region; an airbag unit positioned at the hub region of the steering wheel frame, the airbag unit including an airbag housing and an airbag cover, the airbag cover covering the airbag housing and having an opaque cover portion projecting outwardly beyond a side of the airbag housing; a light source shielded behind the cover portion and positioned outside the airbag housing such that a light emitted from the light source passes outwardly from beneath the opaque cover portion and is incident on and illuminates a part of the steering wheel frame; and an optical arrangement to direct incident light from the light source out from beneath the cover portion and onto the surface of the steering wheel frame; wherein the light source is orientated to direct light upwardly towards the underside of the cover portion and the optical arrangement includes a reflector provided on the underside of the cover portion for directing the light out from beneath the cover portion and onto the surface of the steering wheel frame.