Coupling device for the attachment of an airbag module to a vehicle steering wheel in an oscillatory manner

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11161472
APP PUB NO 20200377139A1
SERIAL NO

16090328

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The invention relates to a coupling device (16) for mounting an airbag module (14) to be oscillating on a steering wheel structure (12) of a vehicle steering wheel (10), comprising a mounting member (18) which includes, relative to a steering wheel axis (A), an axial bottom side (20) which in the assembled state of the vehicle steering wheel (10) faces the steering wheel structure (12) as well as an opposite axial top side (22) which in the assembled state of the vehicle steering wheel (10) faces the airbag module (14), a contact face (24) for a damping element (26) provided on the axial bottom side (20) for oscillating coupling of the mounting member (18) to the steering wheel structure (12), and comprising a locking element (28) disposed on the top side (22) of the mounting member (18) for locking with the prefabricated airbag module (14), wherein the locking element (28) is configured so that the airbag module (14) can be coupled to the mounting member (18) by a locking connection substantially in an axially fixed manner or in an axially restrictedly movable manner.

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TRW AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS GMBHHEFNER-ALTENECK-STR 11 ASCHAFFENBURG D-63743

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Schütz, Dominik Heimbuchenthal, DE 14 129

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