Steering wheel with an airbag module

US6264235A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Petri AG · DE

Inventors

• Jens Battermann · Berlin, DE
• Sami Al Samarae · Berlin, DE
• Martin Kamm · Berlin, DE
• Stefan Reh · Geesthacht, DE
• Heinz-Dieter Adomeit · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 4, 1999
• Grant date: Jul 24, 2001
• Expiry date: Oct 4, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D1/105
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a steering wheel having a nave, spokes, a rim and an air bag module. According to the invention, a rotationally arranged component (11) is secured to the steering wheel nave (2, 3) or to the steering column allocated thereto, which is designed to accommodate at least one further subassembly. The center of gravity of said component (11) and/or the other subassembly is positioned so eccentrically that the rotationally arranged component (11) remains in the same position when the steering wheel is rotated as when it is straightened. The advantage of the inventive steering wheel is that the subassembly connected to the rotationally arranged component, e.g. an air bag, does not change its position either when the steering wheel is rotated.