Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Patent
1998-08-17
2000-07-04
Swann, J. J.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
280731, 200 6155, 200305, B60R 2116, H01H 902
Patent
active
060827580
ABSTRACT:
An air bag module and steering wheel assembly having an air bag module including a horn switch and a circuit for grounding the switch through a steering wheel in which it is assembled. The air bag module includes a base plate upon which an air bag is mountable, and a plurality of cylindrical mounting members and a membrane horn switch. The base plate is affixed to the steering wheel insert by the cylindrical mounting members which are received in apertures in the steering wheel insert. The horn switch is electrically connected to a power source and the base plate. A conical spring surrounds at least one of the mounting members and engages both the base plate and the steering wheel insert to provide a ground path between them, eliminating the need for a ground wire directly between the air bag module and the steering wheel insert.
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Bottorff Christopher D.
General Motors Corporation
Marra Kathryn A.
Swann J. J.
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