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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Nishikasugai, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250551 ; 455602 ;
Abstract
A steering wheel equipped with an optical communication mechanism for allowing optical communication between the interior of the steering wheel or the steering wheel and a vehicle column with at least two light emitting elements for forming a redundant system by simultaneously emitting common optical signals and at least one light receiving element for receiving the optical signal.