公开(公告)号：US06283501B1

公开(公告)日：2001-09-04

申请号：US09161234

申请日：1998-09-28

申请人： Norinari Nagata ,  Atsushi Nagata ,  Katsunobu Sakane ,  Masafumi Kurokawa

发明人： Norinari Nagata ,  Atsushi Nagata ,  Katsunobu Sakane ,  Masafumi Kurokawa

IPC分类号： B60R2122

CPC分类号： B60R21/203 ,  B60R21/2165 ,  B62D1/10

摘要： A steering wheel having a metal framework is disclosed. The framework includes an annular grip core, spoke cores extending inward from the grip core, a boss plate fixed on a steering shaft, and a frame located inside the grip core to connect the spoke cores. The steering wheel further includes a pad located in the grip core, an air bag device, and inserts embedded in the pad. The inserts include portions that are attached to the frame. The inserts prevent the pad from scattering when the air bag device is activated.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种具有金属框架的方向盘。 框架包括环形夹芯，从夹芯向内延伸的辐条芯，固定在转向轴上的凸台板，以及位于夹芯中的框架以连接辐条芯。 方向盘还包括位于夹芯中的垫，气囊装置和嵌入垫中的插入件。 插入件包括附接到框架的部分。 当气囊装置启动时，插入物防止垫散开。

公开(公告)号：US6109646A

公开(公告)日：2000-08-29

申请号：US23075

申请日：1998-02-13

申请人： Norinari Nagata ,  Atsushi Nagata ,  Katsunobu Sakane ,  Akio Hosoi ,  Ichizou Shiga

发明人： Norinari Nagata ,  Atsushi Nagata ,  Katsunobu Sakane ,  Akio Hosoi ,  Ichizou Shiga

IPC分类号： B60R21/203 ,  B60R21/2165 ,  B60R21/16

CPC分类号： B60R21/203 ,  B60R21/2165

摘要： A steering wheel includes an air bag device located centrally of a steering wheel. The air bag device includes an air bag, an inflator for supplying gas to the air bag to inflate the air bag, and a bag holder for holding the air bag and the inflator. Bolts, which are attached to the inflator, are inserted in bolt holes of the air bag and bolt holes of the bag holder. This couples the air bag, the inflator and the bag holder to each other. The bolts and nuts are used for securing the integrally joined air bag, inflator and bag holder to the steering wheel. As a result, the number of bolts and nuts need to secure the air bag device to the steering wheel is reduced.

摘要翻译： 方向盘包括位于方向盘中心的气囊装置。 气囊装置包括气囊，用于向气囊供气以使气囊充气的充气机和用于保持气囊和充气机的气囊保持器。 附接到充气机的螺栓插入气囊的螺栓孔和袋支架的螺栓孔中。 这将气囊，充气器和袋支架相互连接起来。 螺栓和螺母用于将整体连接的气囊，充气机和袋支架固定到方向盘。 结果，需要将安全气囊装置固定在方向盘上的螺栓和螺母的数量减少。

公开(公告)号：US5383682A

公开(公告)日：1995-01-24

申请号：US206826

申请日：1994-03-07

申请人： Atsushi Nagata ,  Toru Koyama ,  Norinari Nagata

发明人： Atsushi Nagata ,  Toru Koyama ,  Norinari Nagata

IPC分类号： B60R21/20 ,  B60R21/05 ,  B60R21/203 ,  B60R21/217 ,  B62D1/11 ,  B62D1/04 ,  B60R21/16

CPC分类号： B60R21/05 ,  B60R21/2037 ,  B62D1/11

摘要： A steering wheel having an air bag device which includes a ring portion, a boss portion, a bracket, a spoke and an air bag device. The boss portion has a boss and a boss plate extending laterally from the boss periphery. A bracket made of plastically deformable metal has a supporting portion inclined outwardly in opposite directions toward the ring portion. The air bag device is held at a predetermined distance from the boss plate by the bracket and includes a bag holder made of plastically deformable metal and having connecting portions inclined at the same angle as the supporting portions of the bracket. By providing supporting portions inclined in opposite directions, the steering wheel of the present invention can absorb impact energy not only by inflation of the air bag device but also by deformation of the supporting portions due to rotation of the air bag device during impact.

摘要翻译： 一种具有气囊装置的方向盘，包括环形部分，凸台部分，支架，辐条和气囊装置。 凸起部分具有凸台和从凸台周向横向延伸的凸台板。 由塑性变形金属构成的支架具有向相反方向朝向环部向外倾斜的支撑部。 气囊装置通过托架与凸台板保持预定的距离，并且包括由塑性变形的金属制成并具有以与支架的支撑部分相同的角度倾斜的连接部分的袋保持件。 通过提供沿相反方向倾斜的支撑部分，本发明的方向盘不仅可以通过气囊装置的充气而吸收冲击能量，而且还可以通过气囊装置在冲击期间的旋转而使支撑部分变形。

公开(公告)号：US5975562A

公开(公告)日：1999-11-02

申请号：US827182

申请日：1997-03-27

申请人： Tadashi Yamamoto ,  Katsunobu Sakane ,  Akio Hosoi ,  Atsushi Nagata

发明人： Tadashi Yamamoto ,  Katsunobu Sakane ,  Akio Hosoi ,  Atsushi Nagata

IPC分类号： B60R21/20 ,  B60R21/203 ,  B60R21/215 ,  B60R21/2165 ,  B62D1/04 ,  B62D1/11

CPC分类号： B62D1/04 ,  B60R21/203 ,  B60R21/21656

摘要： A steering wheel has a steering wheel body which includes a boss for being fixed to a steering shaft, a ring portion metal core, spoke portion metal cores, a covering portion covering the ring portion metal core and the spoke portion metal cores, and a pad portion provided generally centrally of a ring portion, the pad portion being molded integrally with the covering portion. The steering wheel further includes an air bag device provided between the pad portion and the boss. A cloth insert is mounted on a metal core portion, forming part of the steering wheel body, and is embedded in the pad portion so that the insert can flex when the air bag device is expanded.

公开(公告)号：US6125716A

公开(公告)日：2000-10-03

申请号：US948232

申请日：1997-10-15

申请人： Akio Hosoi ,  Atsushi Nagata ,  Katsunobu Sakane

发明人： Akio Hosoi ,  Atsushi Nagata ,  Katsunobu Sakane

IPC分类号： B60R21/20 ,  B60R21/203 ,  B62D1/04 ,  B60R21/16

CPC分类号： B60R21/203 ,  B62D1/04 ,  Y10T74/20834

摘要： A steering wheel mounted on a steering shaft with a boss plate. The steering wheel has a gripping ring for manually turning a steering shaft. The steering wheel includes a metal ring core embedded in the gripping ring and connecting pieces formed integrally with the boss plate. Spoke cores extend between the ring core and the connecting pieces and each has a first end coupled to the ring core and a second end overlapping one of the connecting pieces. A fastener fastens together the spoke cores and connecting pieces at the second end of each spoke core.

摘要翻译： 安装在具有凸台板的转向轴上的方向盘。 方向盘具有用于手动转动转向轴的夹紧环。 方向盘包括嵌入在夹紧环中的金属环芯和与凸台板一体形成的连接件。 轮心在环形芯和连接件之间延伸，并且每个都具有联接到环形芯的第一端和与其连接件重叠的第二端。 紧固件在每个辐条芯的第二端处将辐条芯和连接件固定在一起。

公开(公告)号：US5593178A

公开(公告)日：1997-01-14

申请号：US530461

申请日：1995-12-01

申请人： Ichizou Shiga ,  Atsushi Nagata ,  Tooru Koyama ,  Katsunobu Sakane

发明人： Ichizou Shiga ,  Atsushi Nagata ,  Tooru Koyama ,  Katsunobu Sakane

IPC分类号： B60R16/02 ,  B60Q5/00 ,  B60R21/20 ,  B60R21/203 ,  B62D1/04 ,  B62D1/11 ,  H01H9/00

CPC分类号： B60R21/2037 ,  B60Q5/003

摘要： An air bag device is arranged at an upper portion of a steering wheel body, and horn switch mechanisms are arranged between a mandrel of the steering wheel body and a bag holder of the air bag device. The mandrel comprises a plurality of brackets each having an engaging member which is opened at a lower portion thereof and which extends horizontally. Upward movement of the bag holder is restricted by mounting screws threadedly engaged with mounting holes in the bag holder, the screws extend from below the engaging members of the brackets. The bag holder is retained by the mandrel in a manner to be movable downwardly.

摘要翻译： 在方向盘主体的上部配置有安全气囊装置，喇叭开关机构配置在方向盘主体的心轴与气囊装置的气囊保持架之间。 心轴包括多个托架，每个托架均具有在其下部开口并且水平延伸的接合构件。 袋支架的向上运动通过将与安装孔螺纹螺纹接合在袋保持器中的螺钉来限制，螺钉从托架的接合构件的下方延伸。 袋保持器以可向下移动的方式被心轴保持。

公开(公告)号：US5950499A

公开(公告)日：1999-09-14

申请号：US175463

申请日：1998-10-20

申请人： Akio Hosoi ,  Atsushi Nagata ,  Katsunobu Sakane ,  Tetsuya Takamori ,  Hitoshi Yamamoto ,  Takanori Mizuno

发明人： Akio Hosoi ,  Atsushi Nagata ,  Katsunobu Sakane ,  Tetsuya Takamori ,  Hitoshi Yamamoto ,  Takanori Mizuno

IPC分类号： B60R21/20 ,  B60R21/203 ,  B62D1/04 ,  B62D1/10 ,  B05G1/10 ,  B25G3/00

CPC分类号： B60R21/203 ,  B62D1/04 ,  B62D1/10 ,  Y10T403/125 ,  Y10T403/4682 ,  Y10T403/7033 ,  Y10T74/20834

摘要： The steering wheel assembly disclosed herein is mountable on a steering shaft and includes at least a bolt, a boss, and a steering wheel body. The boss is adapted to be fitted on the steering shaft and includes a cylindrical portion and a yoke portion formed integrally with the cylindrical portion. The cylindrical portion has a boss serration corresponding to a serration of the steering shaft. The yoke portion has through holes formed near both ends thereof. The steering wheel body includes a ring core bar, spoke core bars coupled to the ring core bar, sheaths covering the ring core bar and spoke core bars, and a pad formed integrally with the sheaths. Part of the spoke core bars are connected to the boss. The bolt has and external thread that is receivable by the through holes and engageable with internal threads of at least one of the through holes so as to permit the boss, to which the steering wheel body is connected, to be fixed on the steering shaft. The boss includes a boss body and flange formed integrally with the boss body. The boss body includes the cylindrical and yoke portions. The boss flange has a larger area than the yoke portion and is embedded in the spoke core bars.

摘要翻译： 本文公开的方向盘组件可安装在转向轴上，并且至少包括螺栓，凸台和方向盘主体。 凸台适于安装在转向轴上，并且包括与圆柱形部分一体形成的圆柱形部分和轭形部分。 圆柱形部分具有对应于转向轴的锯齿的凸台锯齿。 轭部具有形成在其两端附近的通孔。 方向盘主体包括环形芯棒，联接到环形芯棒的辐条芯棒，覆盖环形芯棒和辐条芯棒的护套以及与护套一体形成的垫。 辐条芯棒的一部分连接到凸台。 螺栓具有可由通孔接收并与至少一个通孔的内螺纹接合的外螺纹，以允许方向盘主体连接到的凸台固定在转向轴上。 凸台包括与凸台本体一体形成的凸台本体和凸缘。 凸台主体包括圆柱形和轭形部分。 凸起凸缘具有比轭部更大的面积并且嵌入在辐条芯棒中。

公开(公告)号：US5848806A

公开(公告)日：1998-12-15

申请号：US885197

申请日：1997-06-30

申请人： Akio Hosoi ,  Atsushi Nagata ,  Katsunobu Sakane

发明人： Akio Hosoi ,  Atsushi Nagata ,  Katsunobu Sakane

IPC分类号： B62D1/04 ,  B62D1/10 ,  F16D1/08 ,  B62D1/16

CPC分类号： B62D1/10 ,  F16D1/0864 ,  Y10T74/20834

摘要： A steering wheel includes a metal ring mounted on a steering shaft with a boss plate and at least one spoke. An adaptor is provided in the boss plate for securing the boss plate to the steering shaft. The adaptor includes a cylindrical portion into which the steering shaft is inserted and a yoke formed integrally with the cylindrical portion for holding the steering shaft. The yoke has flexible ends constituting a pair of clamping pieces. One of the clamping pieces is provided with a bolt hole while the other is provided with a through hole. A bolt is inserted through the through hole and then screwed into the bolt hole for holding the steering shaft with the yoke. A lower cover, which is made from a synthetic resin, surrounds the steering shaft and covers a lower part of the steering wheel. A holder is provided in the lower cover for supporting the bolt in a ready position to prevent the bolt from falling off the yoke. The bolt is accessible from the side of the steering wheel.

摘要翻译： 方向盘包括安装在具有凸台板和至少一个辐条的转向轴上的金属环。 在凸台板中设置有用于将凸台板固定到转向轴上的适配器。 适配器包括转向轴插入其中的圆柱形部分和与圆柱形部分一体形成的用于保持转向轴的轭。 轭具有构成一对夹紧件的柔性端。 一个夹紧件设置有螺栓孔，而另一个设有通孔。 螺栓穿过通孔插入，然后拧入用于保持转向轴与轭的螺栓孔。 由合成树脂制成的下盖围绕转向轴并覆盖方向盘的下部。 在下盖中设有保持器，用于将螺栓支撑在准备好的位置，以防止螺栓脱离轭。 螺栓可从方向盘的侧面进入。

公开(公告)号：US5791682A

公开(公告)日：1998-08-11

申请号：US577611

申请日：1995-12-22

申请人： Tetsushi Hiramitsu ,  Koji Shiraki ,  Kazutoshi Hayashi ,  Atsushi Nagata ,  Katsunobu Sakane ,  Tadashi Yamamoto ,  Katsumi Sakakida ,  Osamu Hirose ,  Tooru Koyama ,  Yoshiyuki Fujita

发明人： Tetsushi Hiramitsu ,  Koji Shiraki ,  Kazutoshi Hayashi ,  Atsushi Nagata ,  Katsunobu Sakane ,  Tadashi Yamamoto ,  Katsumi Sakakida ,  Osamu Hirose ,  Tooru Koyama ,  Yoshiyuki Fujita

IPC分类号： B60R21/20 ,  B60R21/217 ,  B60R21/231 ,  B60R21/2338 ,  B60R21/264 ,  B60R21/16

CPC分类号： B60R21/217

摘要： An air bag device comprises at the center a bag provided with a gas flowing orifice, a pad for receiving the bag in its folded state, an inflator arranged so as to permit gas to be jetted toward the gas flowing orifice of the bag and an inflator insertion hole into which a holding cylinder below the inflator can be inserted and further provided with a retainer for holding the inflator and the bag in their inner periphery and the pad in its outer periphery. The air bag device further includes a holding cloth surrounding the lower holding cylinder of the inflator and formed continuously below the gas flowing orifice of the bag, and a coupling is formed between the peripheral surface of the inflator and peripheral edge of the inflator insertion hole of the retainer.

摘要翻译： 气囊装置在中央包括设置有气体流通孔的袋，用于接收处于折叠状态的袋的垫，设置成允许气体朝向袋的气体流动孔喷射的充气器，以及充气器 可以插入充气器下方的保持筒的插入孔，并且还设置有用于将充气器和袋保持在其内周边并且垫在其外周中的保持器。 气囊装置还包括围绕充气机的下保持筒的保持布，并且连续地形成在袋的气体流通孔的下方，并且在充气器的周面与充气机插入孔的周边边缘之间形成有联接件 保持架。

公开(公告)号：US5769450A

公开(公告)日：1998-06-23

申请号：US688726

申请日：1996-07-31

申请人： Makoto Kanai ,  Atsushi Nagata ,  Katsunobu Sakane

发明人： Makoto Kanai ,  Atsushi Nagata ,  Katsunobu Sakane

IPC分类号： B62D1/11 ,  B60R21/017 ,  B60R21/16 ,  B60R21/203 ,  B60R21/215 ,  H01R35/04

CPC分类号： B60R21/21658 ,  B60R21/203

摘要： An air bag inflator actuating assembly, which is suitable for application in a steering wheel assembly, including an air bag module is provided. The air bag module includes a folded air bag and an inflator, which are disposed above a core of a boss retained in the steering wheel. A lower cover is assembled below the inflator, and a wheel pad is arranged immediately above the air bag module. The inflator is electrically connected to an external wiring connector through a brushless transmitter. A lower surface of the inflator and an upper surface of the brushless transmitter are electrically connected to each other through a pair of leadless connectors.

摘要翻译： 提供一种适用于包括气囊模块在内的方向盘组件中的气囊充气机驱动组件。 气囊模块包括折叠的气囊和充气器，其设置在保持在方向盘中的凸台的芯的上方。 充气机下面组装一个下盖，并且在紧靠气囊模块上方设置一个轮垫。 充气机通过无刷发射器电连接到外部接线连接器。 充气机的下表面和无刷发射器的上表面通过一对无引线连接器彼此电连接。