Patent ID: 7637528

Claim:
An airbag device comprising an airbag cover for housing an airbag folded substantially at the central part of a steering wheel, and electrical equipment disposed at a recessed part of the airbag cover, wherein a backside of the recessed part of the airbag cover is covered with a fixed end portion of a tubular tether belt for constraining a distance up to which the airbag undergoes inflation and expansion, and a harness or terminal connectable thereto is inserted into a harness hole provided in the recessed part and a harness insertion hole provided at the fixed end portion, the harness or the terminal connectable thereto being connected to an electrode member of the electrical equipment, the electrical equipment comprising a horn switch having a base inserted in the recessed part of the airbag cover, a terminal structure, a slidable member at a front side facing to an occupant side, a conductive spring plate coupled to the slidable member and movable against the action of a resilient structure when the slidable member is pressed, and a contact plate clamped in the horn base, said plate being electrically connected to the harness and the spring plate, whereby the horn switch is closed by contacting the spring plate with the terminal structure, thereby sounding a horn.