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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2018
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Shotaro Odate, Wako, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
On a steering wheel unit, a sensitive region for detecting contact of a human body with respect to a steering wheel is formed by arranging an electrostatic capacitance sensor on an outer circumferential portion of a rim of the steering wheel, and non-sensitive regions that do not detect contact of the human body with respect to the steering wheel are formed, respectively, on a left portion (left spoke connected part) positioned relatively to the left on the rim, and on a right portion (right spoke connected part) positioned in facing relation to the left portion via a center portion of the rim when the steering wheel is in a neutral state.