ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,007, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Steering device" was invented by Shotaro Odate (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering device (1) includes: a steering wheel (2) which accepts a steering operation by a driver; an electrode device (4) provided to the steering wheel (2); and a steering controller (7) which measures electrostatic capacitance of the electrode device (4), and determines the presence/absence of gripping of the steering wheel (2) based on a measurement result of the electrostatic capacitance, in which the steering wheel (2) includes: an annular rim (20), a columnar hub (23) pro...