US Patent Issued to Autoliv Development on June 17 for "Steering wheel with rear-detachable airbag module" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,706, issued on June 17, was assigned to Autoliv Development AB (Vargarda, Sweden).

"Steering wheel with rear-detachable airbag module" was invented by Jonathan Pinaud (Montamise, France) and Pierre Romand (Poitiers, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle steering wheel comprising a safety module, such as an airbag module, devices for attaching the safety module to the steering wheel, comprising at least one elastic member, such as a ring, engaged with a retaining part, such as a hook, to retain the safety module on the steering wheel, a through-opening for a tool for disengaging the elastic member, the through-opening being ...