ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,231, issued on July 8, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Steering wheel" was invented by Ryo Yamazaki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering wheel includes: a rim part having a non-annular shape; and a spoke part. In the rim part, a region that becomes an upper section in a steering neutral state is not continuous. The rim part includes a protrusion portion protruding toward an upper side in the steering neutral state from an intersection region intersecting the spoke part. The protrusion portion includes at least one of an inclination rear surface and an inclination front surface. The inclination rear surface i...