Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Steering wheels having an adjustable coefficient of friction
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Application No.: US17573075Application Date: 2022-01-11
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Publication No.: US11548545B2Publication Date: 2023-01-10
- Inventor: Manuel Ludwig Kuehner , Jaime Camhi
- Applicant: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Los Altos
- Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Los Altos
- Agency: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
- Main IPC: B62D1/06
- IPC: B62D1/06 ; B62D1/04

Abstract:
A vehicle system including one or more sensors, a steering wheel including a rim and an adjusting mechanism for adjusting a coefficient of friction between a surface of the rim and a driver's hand, and a controller configured to determine whether a deviation factor between a target path and an actual path based on the one or more sensors exceeds a threshold deviation, send a first signal to the adjusting mechanism for operating to a first state in response to determining that the deviation factor exceeds the threshold deviation, the coefficient of friction being decreased when the adjusting mechanism is in the first state, and send a second signal to the adjusting mechanism for operating to a second state in response to determining that the deviation factor does not exceed the threshold deviation, the coefficient of friction being increased when the adjusting mechanism is in the second state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220281509A1 STEERING WHEELS HAVING AN ADJUSTABLE COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION Public/Granted day:2022-09-08
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