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Patent No.:

US 9643560 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 22, 2014

Touch sensor and airbag cover integrated input device

Applicant:

Polymatech Japan Co., Ltd., Saitama, JP;

Inventors:

Yoshifumi Honmatsu, Saitama, JP;

Yasuyuki Abe, Saitama, JP;

Assignee:

POLYMATECH JAPAN CO., LTD., Saitama, JP;

Attorneys:

Cermak Nakajima & McGowan LLP

Tomoko Nakajima

Primary Examiner:

Laura Freedman

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/203 (2006.01); B60R 21/215 (2011.01); B60R 21/2165 (2011.01); B62D 1/04 (2006.01); B60R 11/02 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); B60R 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/203 (2013.01); B60R 11/0235 (2013.01); B60R 21/215 (2013.01); B60R 21/2165 (2013.01); B60R 21/21658 (2013.01); B62D 1/046 (2013.01); B60R 2011/001 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0004 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0032 (2013.01); B60R 2021/21506 (2013.01);
Abstract

A touch sensor usable in a portion which an airbag comes out of, such as the center portion of a steering wheel, and an airbag cover integrated input device including the touch sensor are provided. More specifically, a touch sensor attached to an airbag cover provided outside the airbag, and having end portions that form an insertion portion which the airbag passes through during the deployment of an airbag system is provided. Moreover, an airbag cover integrated input device in which the airbag cover has a thin wall portion that tears open during the deployment of the airbag system, and the end portions of the touch sensor are placed along the thin wall portion of the airbag cover is provided.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Honmatsu, Yoshifumi. (2017). Touch sensor and airbag cover integrated input device (U.S. Patent No. 9643560). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9643560

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