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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2020
Autoliv Development Ab, Vargarda, SE;
Alexander Gulde, Haimhausen, DE;
Alexandre Portier, Chire-en-Montreuil, FR;
Autoliv Development AB, Vårgårda, SE;
Abstract
A vehicle steering wheel having a gripping portion to be grasped by a user, a capacitive device for detecting a contact between a member of the user and the gripping portion, comprising at least one detection electrode arranged under an outer surface of the gripping portion, wherein the detection electrode defines, on the outer surface, a detection area, and a dead area complementary to the detection area, wherein the detection device has at least one conductive strip attached on the detection electrode having at least one covering portion arranged opposite the detection area and at least one extension portion arranged opposite the dead area.