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Patent No.:

US 12789688 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 07, 2025

Vehicle steering apparatus

Applicant:

Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Kanji Muto, Kanagawa, JP;

Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Kyoto, JP;

Kensuke Maruya, Kanagawa, JP;

Yuya Yamasaki, Fukuoka, JP;

Masaki Tada, Osaka, JP;

Assignee:

Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;

Attorney:

Seed Intellectual Property Law Group LLP

Primary Examiner:

Daniel M Keck

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 3/00 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B62D 1/04 (2006.01); B62D 1/08 (2006.01); B62D 1/12 (2006.01); B62D 1/183 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 3/005 (2013.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); B62D 1/046 (2013.01); B62D 1/08 (2013.01); B60N 2210/40 (2023.08);
Abstract

A vehicle steering apparatus includes a pair of grips, a table storable in a column cover, a sensor provided on the table, a first actuator that deploys the table from the column cover and stores the table in the column cover, and a controller that controls the first actuator. The pair of grips are rotatable relative to the spoke. When the sensor detects an object placed on the table, the first actuator is not actuated.

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