ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,276, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to TOYODA GOSEI Co. LTD. (Aichi-pref., Japan).
"Steering device" was invented by Masaaki Ieda (Kiyosu, Japan) and Shintaro Nakamura (Kiyosu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering device includes a rotation part and a gripping part. The gripping part includes a core metal part symmetrical across the rotation part, and a covering part that covers the core metal part. The covering part has a first conductive part on one side with respect to a symmetrical plane of the core metal part, formed of a material having conductivity, and a second conductive part on the other side with respect to the...