positioning and guiding of the gas bag module 16 as shown in fig3 the positioning elements 22 are arranged so that the support section 24 is held in a cut out of the shield 18 and rests on a support 40 the nose 36 engages into a matching cut out of the shield 18 whilst the first fitting sections 32 rest against a side wall 42 of the covering cap 38 and the second fitting sections 34 rest against the shield 18 in this way a force fitting fixing of the gas bag module 16 is provided in a plane perpendicular to the steering wheel axis the detent section 28 of the positioning element 22 with the angled tongue 30 and the contour 44 of the side wall 42 of the covering cap 38 are coordinated with each other so that the covering cap 38 engages with the positioning element 22 by pushing in axially secondary detent engagement the form or force fitting axial fixing by the secondary engagement is designed so that a repeated installation and dismantling of the covering cap 38 is possible the free tongue 30 of the detent section 28 is pre stressed in the installed state i e it exerts a force onto the covering cap 38 and hence onto the gas bag module 16 which.