Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Grip sensor, steering wheel, and vehicle
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Application No.: US16559659Application Date: 2019-09-04
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Publication No.: US11242069B2Publication Date: 2022-02-08
- Inventor: Yuta Okazaki , Youichi Kurosawa
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.
- Priority: JPJP2017-047752 20170313
- Main IPC: B60W50/14
- IPC: B60W50/14 ; B62D1/06

Abstract:
Grip sensor includes base material, sensor wire formed on base material, and sensor circuit electrically connected to an end of sensor wire. Sensor wire includes first wire portion on a side of sensor end, and a second wire portion on a side of power source end. In a state where base material is attached on a rim, second wire portion is disposed at an outer peripheral surface of the rim that is a site opposing a knee or thigh of a driver operating a steering wheel, and first wire portion is disposed at a front side and a rear side of the rim.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190389489A1 GRIP SENSOR, STEERING WHEEL, AND VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2019-12-26
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