ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,314, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to KAWASAKI MOTORS LTD. (Akashi, Japan).
"Steering column module" was invented by Kota Hidaka (Akashi, Japan), Hidefumi Yasuhara (Akashi, Japan), Hirotaka Fujiki (Akashi, Japan), Takuma Nozaki (Akashi, Japan) and Daisuke Saeki (Lincoln, Neb.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering column module 10 includes: an upper cover 3 covering a steering shaft 11 from above; a lower cover 4 covering the steering shaft 11 from below and coupled to the upper cover 3; a meter 61 located on the upper cover 3; an ignition switch 62 located on the upper cover 3; and a direction switch 63 that is located on upper...