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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2017
Applicants:
Continental Automotive France, Toulouse, FR;
Continental Automotive Gmbh, Hannover, DE;
Inventors:
Pascal Clochard, Chevreuse, FR;
Philippe Corné, Chatillon, FR;
Assignees:
Continental Automotive France, Toulouse, FR;
Continental Automotive GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/04 (2006.01); B62D 1/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/046 (2013.01); B62D 1/06 (2013.01); B60K 2370/1446 (2019.05); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01);
Abstract
A steering wheel for a motor vehicle, including at least one translucent touch-sensitive wall, arranged on the inside of the rim of the steering wheel, the touch-sensitive wall having a front surface and a rear surface, the touch-sensitive wall includes a single capacitive detection sheet that is configured to detect the presence and a position of a thumb on the front surface and the presence of at least one other finger on the rear surface.