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Steering wheel with horn contacts attached by means of an adhesive connection

US8636302B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

10References

16Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Autoliv Development AB · SE

Inventors

Raimund Nebel · Untermeitingen, DE
Jürgen Mackensen · Dachau, DE
Karl Binknus · Augsburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 27, 2010
Grant date	Jan 28, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 5, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R21/21658
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A steering wheel for a motor vehicle having an airbag module arranged thereon as well as horn contacts arranged on the steering wheel and/or on the airbag module, which can be brought into electric contact with each other in order to activate an acoustic horn signal with the steering wheel installed in a motor vehicle . The horn contacts (13) consist of a conducting sheet (15), which can be mounted by means of an adhesive layer (16) on a substrate formed by the airbag module (10) or the steering wheel.

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