Patent ID: 7766381

Claim:
A steering wheel with an air bag device, the steering wheel comprising: a steering wheel body including: an annular rim portion; a boss portion disposed at a substantially central portion of the rim portion; a plurality of spoke portions each connecting the rim portion and the boss portion; an upper space defined by the rim portion, the boss portion and adjacent two of the spoke portions; and a plurality of lower spaces each defined by the rim portion, the boss portion and adjacent two of the spoke portions, and each disposed at a position lower than the upper space when the steering wheel body is in a neutral position, each of the lower space being smaller than the upper space, the air bag device being mounted to the steering wheel body, the air bag device including: an air bag folded by predetermined steps; an inflator arranged to generate an inflation gas for the air bag; a cover member covering the air bag; and an emblem disposed at a substantially central portion of a front surface of the cover member confronting a driver's seat, the cover member including a tear line arranged to break the cover member at an inflation of the air bag to form a plurality of door portions each arranged to pivot toward one of the upper and lower spaces, the tear line being formed to pivot the emblem to one of the lower spaces of the steering wheel body when the cover member is broken at the inflation of the air bag.