US Patent Issued to Autoliv Development on Sept. 23 for "Motor vehicle steering wheel with foldable or retractable rim" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,855, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Autoliv Development AB (Vargarda, Sweden).

"Motor vehicle steering wheel with foldable or retractable rim" was invented by Matthis Barritault (Chire-en-Montreuil, France), Sebastien Cassin (Louneuil, France) and Thomas Leboeuf (Chire-en-Montreuil, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle steering wheel comprising a central portion, a rim which can pivot relative to the central portion between a driving position and at least one retracted position, an actuator pivoting the rim and a locking member that can move between a locking position of the rim in its driving position, and a disenga...