ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,842, issued on May 27, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"System and method for controlling lighting device for steering wheel" was invented by Seok Hoon Ko (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a system and method for controlling a lighting device for a steering wheel. The system includes the lighting device mounted on the steering wheel and configured to be selectively turned on in order to indicate left/right directions of a vehicle, and a controller configured, upon receiving a request for turning on of the lighting device, to control turn-on operation of the lighting devi...