Air bag assembly mount including snap-fit horn attachment

Details Air bag assembly mount including snap-fit horn attachment Air bag assembly mount including snap-fit horn attachment

1993-07-06

1994-09-27

Hill, Mitchell J.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Attachment

280731, 200 6155, B60R 2120, H01H 900

Patent

active

053501900

ABSTRACT:
A connector for an air bag module or assembly which removably mounts the module to a mounting plate provided by a steering wheel or other support structure. A first embodiment of the connector movably mounts the module to the steering wheel, and provides a horn actuation feature. The module is biased to a normal position wherein a first horn switch contact provided by the steering wheel is spaced from a second horn switch contact provided by the module. The bias is overcome by user-applied force which moves the module inwardly relative to the steering wheel and thereby brings the first and second contacts into engagement and actuates the horn. The connectors of the first embodiment include first and second telescopingly related members and a biasing spring which tends to maintain the second member projecting from the first member. The second member includes a series of spaced-apart resilient arms which cooperate to provide a discontinuous annular or circumferential groove which receives a mounting plate provided by the steering wheel. The arms are radially deformable to disconnect the module from the steering wheel.

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