US Patent Issued to Yanfeng International Automotive Technology on April 15 for "Steering wheel component and steering wheel assembly" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,364, issued on April 15, was assigned to Yanfeng International Automotive Technology Co. Ltd. (Shanghai).

"Steering wheel component and steering wheel assembly" was invented by Cheng Liu (Shanghai), Zhiyuan Chen (Shanghai), Lei Yang (Shanghai) and Kuan Liu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a steering wheel component (2) and a steering wheel assembly comprising the steering wheel component (2). The steering wheel component (2) comprises an airbag door cover (21), wherein the airbag door cover (21) has an integral panel (210), wherein the panel (210) has a first area (31) for closing an airbag hou...