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Steering wheel with airbag device

A steering wheel and airbag technology, which is used in transportation and packaging, pedestrian/occupant safety arrangement, vehicle safety arrangement, etc., can solve the problems of difficulty in confirming the position of the switch, reducing the operation performance of the operating part, and difficult to observe the outside environment of the vehicle, and achieves the Damage to the operating unit, improved operability, and smooth operation effects

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-06-20
MAZDA MOTOR CORP
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If you move your eyes to the steering wheel, it will be difficult to observe the environment outside the vehicle. On the contrary, if you pay too much attention to the environment outside the vehicle, it will be difficult to confirm the position of the switch, which will reduce the operability of the operation part.

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[0047] Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram schematically showing the structure of a front portion of a vehicle compartment provided with a steering wheel having an airbag device according to the present embodiment.

[0048] The front structure of the vehicle compartment is provided with a dash panel (not shown) that is continuous with the bottom plate 2 constituting the bottom surface of the compartment, and the side of the dash panel located at the rear of the vehicle is provided with a wall that constitutes a part of the front structure of the compartment. dashboard3. The instrument panel 3 is provided with various meters 31 , an air conditioner 32 , a display device 33 for a navigation device, etc., and a steering device 4 for controlling the vehicle is provided at the place where the meters 31 are arranged on the driver's seat side.

[0049] The steering device 4 includ...

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Disclosed is a steering wheel assembly, which comprises an airbag module (6) having an airbag (61) adapted to be inflated during a vehicle collision, and a centrally-located steering pad (8) housing the airbag module. The steering pad includes a deployment segment (81) located around a peripheral region of the steering pad and adapted to be forcibly displaced by the airbag during inflation, and a stationary segment (82) located in a central region of the steering pad and adapted to be kept in its fixed state even during the inflation of the airbag. The stationary segment is provided with a manual operation section (90) adapted to be manually operated based on either one of rotational and sliding movements so as to control an in-vehicle device. The steering pad has a concave portion in at least a surface of the stationary segment which faces a driver, and the manual operation section has a portion disposed within the concave portion in such a manner that a lateral surface of the manual operation section is spaced apart from a lateral wall surface of the concave portion by a distance allowing the lateral surface of the manual operation section to be touched from outside.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a steering wheel with an air bag device built in a loading portion provided at the central portion, which has an air bag that inflates when a vehicle collides. A steering wheel with an airbag device that is partially deployed but whose central portion is not deployed and is retained. Background technique [0002] In recent years, in vehicles such as automobiles, it has become more and more common to have an airbag device built into the stowage portion of the steering wheel to inflate an airbag in the event of a collision to prevent the driver from suffering a secondary collision. The above-mentioned steering wheel with an airbag device includes a steering wheel with an airbag device that retains the central portion of the side wall of the stowage portion on the driver's side when the airbag is inflated, and at the same time expands the peripheral portion of the stowage portion. , Some steering wheels with airbag device...

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IPC IPC(8): B60R21/203B60R21/20
Inventor 中村健吾小林明宏
Owner MAZDA MOTOR CORP
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