Steering wheel unit
US9592783B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 7, 2012 |
| Grant date | Mar 14, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 11, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60R2021/2175
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A steering wheel unit with a steering wheel body and an air bag module arranged on the steering wheel body and can be depressed on the steering wheel body in an axial direction. Positioning units position the air bag module on the steering wheel, including a first positioning unit (P1, P1′, and P1″), a steering wheel side positioning element with at least one rigid level positioning surface (29a, 29a′, 29a″), and an air bag module side positioning element with at least one rigid positioning mating surface (74a, 74a′, 74a″). The positioning surface and the positioning mating surface are parallel to and abut one another when the air bag module is not depressed. The positioning surface (29a, 29a′, and 29a″) and the positioning mating surface (74a, 74a′, and 74a″) are angled toward one another with respect to a reference plane (BE) which is perpendicular to the axial direction.
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