An airbag cover assembly of an airbag module has a molded housing cover and a thin leather or imitation outer cover. The molded housing cover is configured for attachment to the airbag module. The housing cover has an outer surface and an inner surface. The inner surface has a plurality of tear seams arranged to break along a predetermined path. The thin leather or imitation leather outer cover is glued or otherwise affixed directly onto the outer surface of the housing cover. The leather or imitation leather outer cover has a generally uniform thickness devoid of tear seams. The thin leather or imitation outer cover has a thickness of less than 1.0 mm, preferably 0.6 mm. The outer cover is constructed from three separate pieces stitched together with threads longitudinally along a curved arc.

A cover body of an air-bag device for covering an air bag includes a cover body part and an emblem attached to the front side of the cover body part. The emblem includes a planar light source, a light-transmissive panel covering the planar light source and a decoration component fixed to the cover body part to retain an outer circumferential part of the panel. The panel includes a panel part and an engagement part which is provided on the outer circumferential part of the panel part and engaged with the decoration component.

The present invention provides an emblem and a cover body of a module capable of suppressing light emission unevenness of an emblem body with a simple configuration. Emblem (20) includes emblem body (32) which includes a transmitting body (42) of which at least a portion has transmittance and non-transmitting body (43) which is a separate body from the transmitting body (42) and does not have the transmittance. Emblem (20) includes light source section (31) disposed between emblem body (32) and cover main body portion (19). Non-transmitting body (43) includes pin (51) which is inserted into opening portion (28) formed in the cover main body portion (19). Pin (51) is held on a rear surface side of cover main body portion (19), and thus, transmitting body (42) and light source section (31) are attached to cover main body portion (19) by non-transmitting body (43).

An emblem device includes an air bag cover, a substrate mounted inside the air bag cover, a light source mounted on the substrate and configured to emit light, a light guide plate mounted outside the air bag cover and configured to diffuse the light emitted from the light source, and an emblem located in front of the light guide plate and configured to cover a part of the light guide plate. The light emitted from the light guide plate is emitted in front of the emblem through a space formed between the air bag cover and the emblem.

An airbag cover structure for a steering wheel. The airbag cover structure with a lighting emblem includes: a mounting plate with an airbag cushion; an inner cover including an inner locking portion, a storage portion, and an inner hinge portion; an outer cover including an outer locking portion, an indicating portion, and an outer hinge portion; and an absorption area provided on the inner hinge portion of the inner cover, and configured to concentrate and absorb stress generated by a force that unfolds a bent portion of the outer hinge portion during deployment of the airbag cushion.

Emblem body includes emblem main body section and pin projecting to emblem main body section and inserted through opening section. Pin has shaft section continuous with emblem main body section, enlargement section formed to be enlarged on the distal end side of shaft section, planar section formed in a planar shape along a direction intersecting with the protrusion direction of pin in enlargement section, and linear section linearly formed at a position different from planar section along a direction intersecting with the protrusion direction of pin in enlargement section. Back plate is provided with elastic piece section against which planar section and linear section abut from the direction opposite to the protrusion direction of pin at least during airbag inflation deployment.

A driver-side airbag device includes: a mounting plate; a cushion disposed inside the mounting plate and configured to be inflated by gas supplied thereto; a cover surrounding the cushion and having a movable lid to be cut and tilted by an inflation of the cushion; a decoration part disposed on a front surface of the movable lid and to be rotated together with the movable lid; and a connector having one side disposed between the cover and the decoration part and another side coupled to the mounting plate, the connector configured to restrain forward deployment of the cover when the cushion is inflated.

An emblem device includes an air bag cover, a substrate mounted inside the air bag cover, a light source mounted on the substrate and configured to emit light, a light guide plate mounted outside the air bag cover and configured to diffuse the light emitted from the light source, and an emblem located in front of the light guide plate and configured to cover a part of the light guide plate. The light emitted from the light guide plate is emitted in front of the emblem through a space formed between the air bag cover and the emblem.

A driver side airbag device with an airbag module including a steering wheel, an inflator, and a cushion. The steering wheel includes a housing portion that stores the airbag module and a cover member that seals the housing portion. The cover member has a design region on an occupant side, and a thin-walled portion formed from an upper portion region to a lower portion region of the design region that is cleaved open by an expansion pressure of the cushion to open cover doors. The thin-walled portion has a first plate thickness portion and a second plate thickness portion that is thinner than the first plate thickness portion. The second plate thickness portion is formed in the lower portion region of the design region.

Airbag covers having emblems and related methods. In some implementations, a fastening member comprising an elongated axis may be inserted through an opening formed within an airbag cover. The fastening member may comprise a cross-sectional shape that is substantially smaller in area along at least a portion of the fastening member than a cross-sectional shape of the opening adjacent to the fastening member such that open space is left between the fastening member and a portion of the airbag cover defining the opening. The fastening member may then be reshaped such that the cross-sectional shape of the fastening member within the opening changes to decrease the open space and secure the emblem to the airbag cover.