ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,319, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Steering-wheel assembly with airbag" was invented by Diego Enrique Chavez Munoz (West Bloomfield, Mich.), Kathryn Megan Kosinski (Royal Oak, Mich.) and Nathan Kenneth Shaeff (West Bloomfield, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering-wheel assembly includes a steering-wheel base including a plurality of catches, a horn electrical circuit extending along the steering-wheel base and electrically connected to a vehicle horn, and an airbag assembly including a plurality of hooks arranged to engage with respective ones of the catches. The horn e...