Abstract: A retainer (15) adapted to fix an air bag (14) to a base plate (11) includes an expanded portion (15b) for covering an inflator (12). An angled portion (15d) of the expanded portion (15b) is provided with radially arranged gas through holes (15f). The center portion of an upper fabric material (14a) of the air bag (14) is affixed to the center of a top plate portion (15e) of the expanded portion (15b) by means of a rivet (41), thereby limiting the distance by which the air bag (14) projects toward the occupant.

Abstract: A metallic hub of a steering wheel is formed by upper and lower hub members secured together with a portion of a spoke core held therebetween. The hub members have a protrusion and a recess which are press fitted to secure the two hub members together with the spoke core gripped by the two hub members. The portion of the spoke core is welded to the upper and lower hub members so that the three members are rigidly fixed together.

Abstract: An annular rim core of a steering wheel is made from an elongated blank which has, as viewed in cross-section taken in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis thereof, a pair of opposite sides, a first recess formed in one of the sides and sized to fittingly receive a first type of spoke core, and a second recess formed in either one of a bottom of the first recess and the other side and sized to fittingly receive a second type of spoke core. The annular rim core is formed by bending the elongated blank into a circular shape such that the one or the other side of the blank is directed radially inwardly of the circle.

Abstract: A steering wheel having a metallic hub formed by upper and lower hub members secured together with a portion of a spoke core held therebetween. The hub members have protrusions and recesses which are press-fitted with the spoke core therebetween and gripped by the two members.