ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,585, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle information notification device" was invented by Shunichi Nakabayashi (Tokyo), Masato Nakata (Tokyo), Akihiko Tomoda (Tokyo) and Ko Hosokawa (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This vehicle information notification device includes: movable portions which are provided in at least one of a pair of left and right vehicle body outer portions in a vehicle body, steerably supporting a steering system component, to be operated by actuators, wherein the movable portions include outer surfaces which are able to contact a driver's body, and wherein the movable p...