US Patent Issued to TOYODA GOSEI on June 17 for "Steering wheel" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,555, issued on June 17, was assigned to TOYODA GOSEI Co. LTD. (Aichi-pref., Japan).

"Steering wheel" was invented by Sayaka Miyata (Aichi-ken, Japan), Takanori Yamada (Aichi-ken, Japan) and Fumiyasu Kojima (Aichi-ken, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering wheel includes a boss portion connected to a steering center shaft of a vehicle, a steering part to be gripped by a driver of the vehicle and steered by being rotated about the steering center shaft, a light source provided inside the steering part, and a light emission portion provided on the steering part. The light emission portion transmits light emitted from the light...