US 7,467,808 B2
Steering wheel with airbag apparatus
Keisuke Onohara, Tokyo (Japan)
Assigned to Takata Corporation, Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Jul. 31, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/495,592.
Claims priority of application No. 2005-228355 (JP), filed on Aug. 05, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2007/0029766 A1, Feb. 08, 2007
Int. Cl. B60R 21/16 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 280—731 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A steering wheel device comprising:
a steering wheel with a plurality of spokes;
an airbag apparatus disposed substantially central to the steering wheel and including an interior and a module cover, said module cover comprising a main surface, an outer periphery disposed around the main surface to cover the spokes, a lower rim situated at a part of the outer periphery, a leg piece extending from a part of the outer periphery, and an upper part situated as a part of the outer periphery outside the leg piece and having a length less than that of the leg piece;
a concealer configured to conceal the interior of the airbag apparatus, the concealer being disposed at a gap formed between the outer periphery of the module cover and a surface of at least one of the spokes; and
a back cover covering a back side of the steering wheel and having a portion disposed outside the leg piece adjacent the upper part to thereby cover the leg piece by the upper part and the portion of the back cover outside the leg piece.