US Patent Issued to I.R.C.A. S.P.A. INDUSTRIA RESISTENZE CORAZZATE E AFFINI on Oct. 14 for "Heating and detecting device for detecting a contact between a user and a steering wheel of a vehicle, and for heating the steering wheel" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,386, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to I.R.C.A. S.P.A. INDUSTRIA RESISTENZE CORAZZATE E AFFINI (Vittorio Veneto, Italy).

"Heating and detecting device for detecting a contact between a user and a steering wheel of a vehicle, and for heating the steering wheel" was invented by Federico Zoppas (Treviso, Italy) and Mauro Berioli (Vittorio Veneto, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Device (100) for a system for detecting a contact between a user and a steering wheel (9) of a vehicle, and for heating the steering wheel (9). The device includes an electrically insulating support (10); a first track (1) for heating the steering wheel (9)...