MUMBAI, India, Nov. 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517096142 A) filed by Softcar SA, Fribourg, Switzerland, on Oct. 6, for 'recyclable steering wheel.'

Inventor(s) include Crozier, Etienne; Heisel, Guillaume; Jacot, Maurice; Querry, Hector; and Thuliez, Jean-Luc.

The application for the patent was published on Nov. 14, under issue no. 46/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention relates to a steering wheel (01), for example for a motor vehicle, comprising a rigid frame (10), and a combination of thermoplastic injection-moulded trim parts arranged as a half-shell, advantageously put together by clipping and/or screwing, or by any other fastening me...