US Patent Issued to The Regents of The University of Michigan on Feb. 18 for "Grip-force sensing and shape-changing steering wheel" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,190, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Grip-force sensing and shape-changing steering wheel" was invented by Brent Gillespie (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Akshay Bhardwaj (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grip force sensing and shape-changing steering wheel configured to serve as an intuitive means of communication between a human driver and automatic driving system or driver assist system."

The patent was filed on May 24, 2021, under Application No. 17/328,497.

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