US Patent Issued to Toyoda Gosei on June 10 for "Steering wheel end caps and associated application structures" (Michigan, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,462, issued on June 10, was assigned to Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd. (Kiyosu, Japan).

"Steering wheel end caps and associated application structures" was invented by Roy Deutschmann (South Lyon, Mich.), Steven Zofchak (Fenton, Mich.), Jonathan Kibat (Brownstown Township, Mich.), Natalia Talkat (Waterford Twp, Mich.) and Eunas Gessling (Cape Girardeau, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering wheel for a vehicle includes an armature and a cap structured to be attached to the armature. The cap includes at least one projection structured to contact a portion of the armature when the cap is applied to the armature. The contact between the ...