ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,303, issued on July 1, was assigned to Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Steering grip light bar systems" was invented by Valerie D. Gardner (St. Clair, Mich.), Jason Carl Lisseman (Shelby Township, Mich.) and David Ryan Varcoe (Bruce Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implementations include a light bar system for a steering wheel of a vehicle that includes a high intensity light source, a light diffusing layer, and an outer lens. For example, in certain implementations, the light diffusing layer is disposed between a plurality of high intensity light emitting diodes (LEDs) and an outer...