US 12,109,963 B2
Steering wheel
Ryotaro Ishida, Kanagawa (JP); Kazuhiro Abe, Kanagawa (JP); Keisuke Honma, Kanagawa (JP); Hiroyoshi Shimono, Kanagawa (JP); and Sumit Kumar, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Autoliv Development AB, Vargarda (SE)
Appl. No. 17/906,546
Filed by Autoliv Development AB, Vargarda (SE)
PCT Filed Jan. 13, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/000750
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 16, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/192496, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-050765 (JP), filed on Mar. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0234529 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 21/203 (2006.01); B62D 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 21/2037 (2013.01) [B62D 1/04 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/83 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A steering wheel comprising:
a steering wheel body;
an airbag module; and
a damper unit connecting the steering wheel body and the airbag module and provided between the airbag module and the steering wheel body, the damper unit comprising:
at least one coil spring including:
a first end part secured to an airbag module bearing surface;
a second end that is unsecured relative to the airbag module and the steering wheel body, the second end configured to contact a steering wheel body bearing surface;
wherein the airbag module is mounted on the steering wheel body via the damper unit in a first direction, and
the damper unit is configured to apply a force on the airbag module in a direction of pushing up the airbag module that is a direction that intersects with the first direction in a state where the airbag module is mounted on the steering wheel body.