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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2022
Applicant:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventor:
Mikio David, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B62D 1/06 (2006.01); G08B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 9/008 (2013.01); B62D 1/06 (2013.01); G08B 6/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A steering wheel assembly for a vehicle, the steering wheel assembly including a steering wheel frame and a tactile notification device coupled to the steering wheel frame. The tactile notification device includes a mounting frame, a first set of disks arranged around and coupled to the first mounting frame, and an actuator operatively coupled to the first set of disks. The actuator is configured to rotate the set of disks.