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Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| RE43413 | Steering device for a vehicle, especially for a motor vehicle A steering device is configured for a vehicle, which includes a steering column, a steering-wheel hub and a steering wheel, the steering-wheel hub including an openable cover, behind which an airbag module containing a gas generator and an airbag is disposed. In the... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8113540 | Driver airbag assembly A driver airbag assembly may include an airbag cover including a switch insert hole, a cushion module provided in back of the airbag cover and engaged with the airbag cover, a mounting plate coupled to the airbag cover in the back thereof to support a rear end porti... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8087691 | Steering wheel unit A steering wheel unit for a motor vehicle. The steering wheel unit has a steering wheel and an airbag module (30) located in the hub area of the steering wheel. This airbag module forms a housing (32), an airbag (52) folded into the housing, and... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8056925 | Column-mounted knee airbag device Rapidly constraining the knees of a driver, even for a steering column structure with plural obstructions projecting below the rear end side of the steering column, while also suppressing or preventing any detriment to column collapse operation during a frontal coll... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7997612 | Steering wheel arrangement A steering wheel arrangement includes a steering wheel frame and an airbag unit positioned at the hub region of the steering wheel frame. The airbag unit includes an airbag housing and an airbag cover. The airbag cover covers the airbag housing and incorporating opa... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7988189 | Air bag cover and air bag device An air bag cover or air bag device that secures the escape path of an air bag in an upper part of a steering wheel. Developing lines are formed in an air bag cover. When the air bag is inflated and developed, the air bag cover is divided into an upper open portion, ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7976059 | Air bag device An air bag device includes a retainer to which an inflator and a folded air bag are attached. The retainer is fixed to a steering wheel armature and has a plurality of hooks formed in a side wall portion thereof. A module cover covers the air bag and each hook of th... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7963554 | Airbag device and steering wheel To provide an airbag device and a steering wheel capable of improving the operational feeling of horn. An airbag device comprises: an airbag unit 2 having an airbag, an inflator 12 for inflating the airbag, and a cover 13 which is dispose... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7950690 | Steering wheel for a motor vehicle A steering wheel (13) for a motor vehicle includes a steering wheel module (1) supporting electrical/electronic subassemblies (18). The steering wheel module is inserted from a front side of the steering wheel into a center of the steering wheel... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7938442 | Steering column mounted knee airbag device A knee airbag device mounted on a steering column has an inner case in which a folded knee airbag is housed, and an outer case that is placed over the inner case. The outer case is fixed to a lower side of a vehicle-rear-side portion of a steering column that moves ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938441 | Air bag device for knee protection, deployment method for air bag device for knee protection, and vehicle In a vehicle front structure 12, when there is a frontal collision of a vehicle, an air bag 32 is inflated and deployed to the outside of a column cover 22, and thereby, the knees of a driver are restrained and protected by the air bag 32... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7931296 | Vehicle steering system including irrotational airbag module A steering system includes a steering column and a steering wheel gear that are offset from each other so that the torque of steering wheel is transmitted to steering column. An airbag module received in a steering wheel hub of steering wheel is independently mounte... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7922194 | Air-bag cover arrangement An air-bag cover arrangement is disclosed which comprises a moveable cover element (25) for covering an air-bag module (5), and design element (15) which is positioned adjacent the cover element. The design element has an overlapping part (16... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7909361 | Vehicular steering wheel and column assembly including torsional damper device A steering wheel and column assembly is provided for deployment on a vehicle. In one embodiment, the steering wheel and column assemblies comprises: (i) a steering column housing, (ii) a rotatable steering assembly, and (iii) a torsional damper device. The rotatable... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7887088 | Actuator for a horn of a vehicle An actuator for a horn of a vehicle, comprising: an emblem; a bezel fixedly secured to a first side of a deployable portion of a cover of an airbag module, the bezel movably securing the emblem to the cover and the emblem being capable of movement between a first po... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7878533 | Airbag device There is provided an airbag device for allowing a holding member to firmly hold an outer circumference part and a peripheral edge part of an airbag during the airbag assembling work and to reduce the assembling work time. The airbag device comprising a holding membe... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7862079 | Steering column device with knee airbag device A steering column device with a knee airbag device includes a steering column provided with a telescopic mechanism; a column cover that covers the rear end portion of the steering column; an airbag module, provided inside the column cover, which includes a gas gener... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7850199 | Steering assembly A steering assembly according to the present invention includes connection parts that are formed in a mounting plate body and fixed to a steering wheel module. Accordingly, when the mounting plate assembly is fixed to a steering wheel module, it is possible to attac... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7832761 | Method of assembling airbag device and airbag device The invention improves efficiency in a work for assembling an airbag device (10) with an airbag cover (16). A peripheral edge of the inflator attachment opening of the airbag (10) is secured to a cushion ring (22), the airbag (10) ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7823916 | Driver-side supplemental inflatable restraint system with secondary inflatable restraint A driver-side supplemental inflatable restraint system is provided. The restraint system includes a steering wheel assembly configured to attach inside of a vehicle passenger compartment, proximate to the driver's seat. The steering wheel assembly includes an annula... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7806434 | Adaptive airbag gas flow apparatus An airbag gas flow apparatus for a steering wheel includes a housing and a rotatable gas guide positioned within the housing. The housing includes a base and a diffuser, the diffuser comprising at least one opening. The rotatable gas guide includes at least one open... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7802810 | Airbag module for a motor vehicle An airbag module for a motor vehicle. The airbag module includes an airbag. The airbag includes an airbag sleeve enclosing an interior of the airbag. The airbag module further comprises a module receptacle on which the airbag is accommodated as an airbag package, a ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7784825 | Vehicle steering wheel with a gas bag module A vehicle steering wheel includes a gas bag module (16) and an immovably fastened component (18), in particular a shield, adjacent to the gas bag module (16). The vehicle steering wheel further includes at least one separate elastic positioning ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7784826 | Gas bag module for a vehicle occupant restraint system A gas bag module (10) for a vehicle occupant restraint system comprises a housing with a gas generator support (17) and a covering (26). The housing consists at least partly of a thermoplastic elastomer. The thermoplastic elastomer is foamed usi... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7766381 | Steering wheel with air bag device A steering wheel with an air bag device includes: a steering wheel body having: an annular rim portion; a boss portion; a plurality of spoke portions; an upper space; and a plurality of lower spaces. The air bag device is mounted to the steering wheel body, the air ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7744122 | Driver side aspirated airbags Airbag module mounted in connection with a steering wheel includes an inflator for generating gas and arranged on the steering wheel assembly, a conduit between the inflator and the interior of the airbag, and an aspirating structure arranged in connection with the ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7731228 | Steering wheel for a motor vehicle with a gas bag module A steering wheel for a motor vehicle has a gas bag module (12) including a covering cap (14) and a gas bag (22). At least one vent opening (18) for diverting the gas is provided in the covering cap (14), in a foam (16) surro... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7708310 | Steering column including an airbag apparatus The steering column includes a column body, a column cover formed into a generally tubular contour and mounted around the column body and an airbag apparatus. The column cover includes an upper cover and a lower cover. The lower cover is separable from the upper cov... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7708309 | Driver's airbag module assembly structure Provided is a driver's airbag module assembly structure including: an inflator for generating gas by igniting an exploder; an airbag inflated toward a driver by the gas generated by the inflator; a cage covering the inflator; a mounting plate for accommodating the i... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7703801 | Vehicle air bag minimum distance apparatus, method and system A vehicle safety device includes a seat mounted within a passenger compartment of a vehicle and a seat position adjusting mechanism that allows the seat to move along an axis between a forward-most position and a rearward-most position. An air-bag is mounted within ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7690678 | Air bag device A floating type air bag device able to prevent backlash of a module cover and easily position the module cover with respect to a steering wheel without dispersion and a sacrifice of an operation feeling of horn sounding is provided. The air bag device has a retainer... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7673898 | Device for mounting a module carrier on the steering wheel of a motor vehicle A device is provided for mounting a module carrier on a rotatable steering wheel of a motor vehicle in such a manner that the angular position of the module carrier remains constant during a rotation of the steering wheel, with a first toothed ring connected in a ro... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7669890 | Airbag apparatus An open-looped rim portion which results when an upper part thereof is open is provided on a steering wheel, and airbags of an airbag apparatus are accommodated in a pad portion lying inside of the rim portion. Then, when an impact of a predetermined value or greate... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7654563 | Cover to wheel attachment method for improved gap control A steering wheel assembly that receives an airbag may include a steering wheel framework. This framework may include a back cover and a first attachment feature. The steering wheel assembly may include an airbag cover having a second attachment feature for engaging ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7651125 | Air bag for driver's seat of vehicle An air bag for a driver's seat of a vehicle that utilizes an inflator gas of low and high pressures, in which a twofold tether composed of first and second tethers is established inside the air bag for a driver's seat that is unfolded toward the driver when the vehi... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7651124 | Steer-by-wire steering wheel unit with integrated airbag module A steering wheel unit for a steer-by-wire steering system in motor vehicles, consisting of a steering wheel (12), an airbag module, a steering wheel angle sensor unit (24) as well as a force feedback unit, is characterized in that steering wheel (12... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7631891 | Driver-side airbag device A driver-side airbag device includes an airbag folded and housed within a boss portion of a non-circular steering wheel. The airbag is deployed in conformity with a shape of the steering wheel. Further, the airbag is formed of a top and a bottom portion, at least on... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7621560 | Horn switch An assembly is provided for steering a vehicle including a steering wheel (18) with an armature (300); an air bag module (14) is coupled to the steering wheel and is operable to expand to absorb the kinetic energy of the driver. A horn switch ( | 11/24/2009 |
| 7566071 | Steering wheel with airbag apparatus An airbag apparatus is mounted to a front surface side of a base member of a steering wheel so as to be capable of advancing and retracting in the direction of an axial line of a steering column. A mounting strip projects upright from a back surface of a retainer of... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7547042 | Steering wheel A steering wheel is disclosed, the steering wheel comprising a frame as radially outwardly-extending spokes (3,4) and a rim (5). The frame defines a recess to receive an air-bag unit 9. The steering wheel is provided with a number of mounting el... | 06/16/2009 |
