US 11,987,309 B2
Steering wheel device for vehicle
Kaname Tanaka, Kanagawa (JP); Keisuke Honma, Kanagawa (JP); and Kazuhiro Abe, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Autoliv Development AB, Vargarda (SE)
Appl. No. 18/042,716
Filed by Autoliv Development AB, Vargarda (SE)
PCT Filed Jul. 28, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/027859
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 23, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/044668, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-144815 (JP), filed on Aug. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0331297 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 7/22 (2006.01); B60R 21/203 (2006.01); B62D 1/04 (2006.01); F16F 15/073 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 7/222 (2013.01) [B60R 21/203 (2013.01); B62D 1/04 (2013.01); F16F 15/073 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A steering wheel device for a vehicle, in which an airbag module is attached to an engagement element that is arranged around a steering wheel center of steering and is engaged with said steering wheel, wherein:
the engagement element is provided on the airbag module side and has an engaging part that detachably engages with the engaged part formed on the steering wheel side;
the engagement element includes at least a first engagement element positioned below the center of steering and a second engagement element positioned above the center of steering with respect to the neutral position of the steering wheel;
the first engagement element is a vibration damping part that is attached to the airbag module and retains a first pin having the engaging part, an elastic member for damping vibration of the steering wheel using the airbag module as a damper mass, and the elastic member, and includes a first bushing in slidable contact with the first pin; and
the second engagement element is attached to the airbag module, is formed of a second pin having the engaging part, and is made of a material having a Young's modulus greater than that of the elastic member, and includes a second bushing in slidable contact with the second pin.