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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2020
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Manfred Koberstein, Troy, MI (US);
Michael Blischke, Northville, MI (US);
Katherine Howard-Cone, Canton, MI (US);
James Robert Chascsa, II, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Daniel J. Martin, Plymouth, MI (US);
David Brian Glickman, Southfield, MI (US);
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle steering wheel is provided that includes a rim having a core structure, a plurality of heaters surrounding at least a portion of the core structure to define a plurality of heating zones, at least one sensor for sensing location of a user's hand on the steering wheel, and a controller controlling the plurality of heaters to activate one or more of the heaters based on the sensed location of the hand.