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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2019
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Yuta Okazaki, Kagoshima, JP;
Youichi Kurosawa, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B62D 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B62D 1/06 (2013.01); B60K 2370/782 (2019.05); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2540/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
Grip sensor includes base material, sensor wire formed on base material, and sensor circuit electrically connected to an end of sensor wire. Sensor wire includes first wire portion on a side of sensor end, and a second wire portion on a side of power source end. In a state where base material is attached on a rim, second wire portion is disposed at an outer peripheral surface of the rim that is a site opposing a knee or thigh of a driver operating a steering wheel, and first wire portion is disposed at a front side and a rear side of the rim.