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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Key Safety Systems, Inc., Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Inventors:
Byron Spencer, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Michael Jendrowski, Macomb, MI (US);
John Musiol, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Joachim Klesing, Rochester, MI (US);
Assignee:
Key Safety Systems, Inc., Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B62D 1/04 (2006.01); B62D 1/06 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B60Q 3/283 (2017.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 15/029 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60Q 3/283 (2017.02); B60Q 9/008 (2013.01); B62D 1/046 (2013.01); B62D 1/06 (2013.01); B60K 2370/178 (2019.05); B60K 2370/33 (2019.05); B60K 2370/332 (2019.05); B60K 2370/338 (2019.05); B60K 2370/782 (2019.05);
Abstract
A steering wheel () having a hub portion (), a rim () and at least one spoke () connected to the hub portion () and to the rim (), the rim () having a groove and a surface of the steering wheel (); a number of actuatable light sources located in or under the groove; light diffuser or lens () positioned in the groove above the light sources.