Safety steering wheel

US5810391A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• MST Automotive GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Heribert Werner · Alzenau, DE
• Werner Grosser · Pocking, DE
• Thomas Thein · Schweinfurt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 22, 1996
• Grant date: Sep 22, 1998
• Expiry date: Mar 22, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/20834
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a safety steering wheel, the ring and spokes are jacketed in a polyurethane integral foam of which the cap covering the integrated air bag unit is also made. To improve appearances the jacketing and the cap merge materially with one another.