ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,458, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Autoliv Development AB (Vargarda, Sweden).

"Vehicle steering wheel" was invented by Frederic Tarte (Biard, France) and Jeremie Point (Cherves, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle steering wheel comprising: a rim, an electrical device comprising at least one flexible electrical ribbon cable arranged on or around the rim, wherein: the electrical device comprises at least one positioning part, the positioning part comprising an interface portion, the steering wheel comprises at least one counter-shape arranged to receive the interface portion of the positioning part, and the positionin...