ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,892, issued on June 24, was assigned to TOYODA GOSEI Co. LTD. (Aichi-pref., Japan).
"Steering device" was invented by Itsuhiko Hirota (Kiyosu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering device comprises: a rotary part provided in a manner allowing rotation about a rotary axis; a peripheral part arranged at a position farther from the rotary axis than the rotary part, and having a size in a direction of the rotary axis smaller than a size thereof in a direction of the rotation; and a light-emitting part provided at the rotary part. The light-emitting part includes: a light-emitting element; and a light-transmitting cover. The lig...