ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,961, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SL Corp. (Daegu, South Korea).
"Multi-function assembly for vehicle" was invented by Jooyoung Kim (Gyeongsan-si, South Korea) and Changwen An (Gyeongsan-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-function assembly for a vehicle includes a body that is disposed on a steering column and rotatably supports a steering wheel; a first cover coupled to one side of the body; a first substrate mounted on one side of the first cover, and through which a steering shaft passes; a shaft gear coupled to the steering shaft such that the shaft gear is rotated together with the steering wheel as the...