B - Operations – Transporting – 60 – R
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
60
R
B60R 21/20 (2006.01) B60Q 5/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2127049
AIR BAG ASSEMBLY MOUNT ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE 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. A second embodiment of the connector rigidly attaches the module to a mounting plate. The connector of the second embodiment is press-fit into a base plate of the module, and includes an enlarged head and a series of resiliently deformable arms. The head limits insertion of the connector into the base plate and the arms include a distal retaining portion and a proximal mounting portion. The retaining portion releasably attaches the connector to the mounting plate while the mounting portion receives the base plate and the mounting plate. An interference fit between the retaining portion and the base plate maintains the connector within the module.
Moffat & Co.
Primrose Inc.
LandOfFree
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