Wheel Hub Spring Biased Type Patents (Class 200/61.55)
  • Patent number: 6244618
    Abstract: In a steering device having a horn switch which is actuated by depressing a module cover only, the module cover is securely connected to a base. An airbag device 20 is mounted on an end of a shaft 10. The base 22 of the airbag device 20 has hooks 46 projecting laterally from the base. The module cover 28 has a leg portion 42 which has openings 44 formed therein, to which the hooks 46 are engaged. A flange 32 of an inflator 24 is lied on a main plate 36 of the base 22 such that the periphery of the opening of the airbag 26 is held therebetween. As the module cover 28 is depressed, only the module cover 28 moves backward so that the horn switch 54 is actuated by pushing action via a rod 66. When the inflator 24 is actuated, the module cover 28 is securely supported by the hooks 46.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Takata Corporation
    Inventor: Keishi Yokota