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Steering device

  • US 8,596,676 B2
  • Filed: 07/19/2012
  • Issued: 12/03/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A steering device having an airbag module that is disposed inside a steering wheel for steering a vehicle and that protects a vehicle occupant during a collision of the vehicle with another object by deploying an airbag body toward the vehicle occupant, the steering device comprising:

  • a detecting unit to detect the collision of the vehicle with another object in advance; and

    an adjusting unit to positionally adjust the steering wheel to a neutral position when the collision of the vehicle with another object is detected by the detecting unit, the neutral position of the steering wheel being a position of the steering wheel when the vehicle is traveling straight.

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