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Patent No.:

US 11104367 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 19, 2018

Steering wheel unit

Applicant:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Shotaro Odate, Wako, JP;

Assignee:

HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Amin, Turocy & Watson, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Jelani A Smith

Assistant Examiner:

Gabriel Anfinrud

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/04 (2006.01); B62D 5/04 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); G01D 5/241 (2006.01); H03K 17/96 (2006.01); B62D 6/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/28 (2006.01); G01R 31/50 (2020.01); G01R 31/52 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/04 (2013.01); B62D 5/049 (2013.01); B62D 15/021 (2013.01); G01D 5/241 (2013.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01); H03K 17/962 (2013.01); B62D 6/00 (2013.01); G01R 31/006 (2013.01); G01R 31/2829 (2013.01); G01R 31/50 (2020.01); G01R 31/52 (2020.01);
Abstract

A steering wheel unit is equipped with an electrode which is provided on a steering wheel and constitutes an electrostatic capacitance sensor, a sensor circuit that passes an alternating current to the electrode, a comprehensive control unit adapted to energize the sensor circuit at a time of failure diagnosis, and a failure diagnosis unit that performs a short circuit failure diagnosis continuously or periodically when a power source of a vehicle is on, and performs an open circuit failure diagnosis when the power source of the vehicle is switched from off to on.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Odate, Shotaro. (2021). Steering wheel unit (U.S. Patent No. 11104367). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11104367

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