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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2018
Applicant:
Key Safety Systems, Inc., Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Inventor:
Byron Spencer, Bloomfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Key Safety Systems, Inc., Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/06 (2006.01); B62D 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/06 (2013.01); B62D 1/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A climate-controlled hand grip assembly that uses one or more air jets or air channels directed at a tangent to an outer surface of the hand grip assembly. The outer surface may be curved and the air flow path may bend with the curve to provide a film of conditioned air along the outer surface that spreads beyond the point of origin of the air flow path. An exemplary embodiment of a steering wheel device with a rim and spokes is disclosed wherein the outer surface of the rim, spokes or both can be enveloped with conditioned air using a Coanda Effect.