Apparatus having a mechanism for limiting the movement of an air bag module relative to a steering wheel

An apparatus for a vehicle includes a steering wheel and a vehicle occupant protection device that is mounted to the steering wheel and is actuatable for helping to protect an occupant of the vehicle. At least a portion of the vehicle occupant protection device is movable relative to the steering wh...

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Main Authors Pillsbury, IV, Charles S, Herberg, Arnold J, Murray, Jr, Neil G, Rivin, Evgeny I, Fey, Victor R, Lee, Ying-Kuo, Surendran, Jagan Kumar
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 16.12.2008
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Summary:An apparatus for a vehicle includes a steering wheel and a vehicle occupant protection device that is mounted to the steering wheel and is actuatable for helping to protect an occupant of the vehicle. At least a portion of the vehicle occupant protection device is movable relative to the steering wheel for actuating an electric device associated with the vehicle when a force is applied to any one of various locations on the vehicle occupant protection device. The apparatus also includes a mechanism for substantially blocking tilt of the movable portion of the vehicle occupant protection device relative to the steering wheel during movement for actuating the electric device.