Patent ID: 8727372

Claim:
A device for fastening an airbag module in a vehicle comprising a first part, the first part being one of a steering wheel insert ( 28 ) and a base plate ( 10 ) of the air bag module, the first part including a latching hook ( 30 ), a second part, the second part being the other of the steering wheel insert ( 28 ) and the base plate ( 10 ) of the airbag module, the second part including an acceptance ( 14 ) for the latching hook ( 30 ) and a holder ( 16 ) for a spring element ( 18 ), the spring element ( 18 ) having a rectangular cross section including a bearing section ( 22 ) and an elastically deflectable retaining section ( 24 ), wherein the spring element ( 18 ) is held in the holder ( 16 ) so that the retaining section ( 24 ) can be transferred from a starting position into a deflecting position which permits the latching hook ( 30 ) to be accepted in the acceptance ( 14 ) and into a retaining position in which the retaining section ( 24 ) presses against a retaining surface ( 40 ) of the latching hook ( 30 ), wherein the bearing section ( 22 ) is held substantially immovably in the holder ( 16 ).