Patent ID: 7556282

Claim:
An assembly for retaining an airbag assembly in a steering wheel assembly comprising: a U-shaped spring having a pair of arms, each with a free end, and a cross bar, the cross-bar connecting first ends of the two arms; and a bracket having a pair of first apertures, a pair of second apertures and a pair of holes for receiving a connection pin, each of the second apertures including a portion of increased dimension through which the free ends of the arms can be inserted and a portion of reduced dimension which retains the free ends of the arms, each of the pair of arms having a first portion of the spring extending through a different one of the first apertures and a second portion of the spring extending through the portion of reduced dimension of a different one of the second apertures to retain itself to the bracket, a third portion of each arm of the spring extending across one of the holes, the third portion of each of the arms of the spring between the first portion and the second portion.