US Patent Issued to Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition on July 29 for "Steering wheel and lightbar assembly" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,943, issued on July 29, was assigned to Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Steering wheel and lightbar assembly" was invented by Jason Nikolauk (Macomb, Mich.) and Jason Peters (Lapeer, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering wheel and lightbar assembly includes a steering wheel having a rim. The rim includes an armature having a foamed portion and a non-foamed portion. A carrier is coupled to the rim and a printed circuit board (PCB) is disposed between the carrier and the rim. At least one light source is coupled to the PCB and may be a visible light or infrared light producing light source, for e...