ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,230, issued on April 21, was assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Electrode structure" was invented by Yasuhiro Yamashita (Osaka, Japan), Takumi Yamada (Kyoto, Japan) and Tadashi Ezaki (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode structure is arranged over a core metal of a steering wheel, and includes: a first resin layer; and a first electrode arranged on one surface of the first resin layer. The first resin layer is essentially made of a sheet or film of modified polyphenylene ether or modified polyphenylene oxide."
The patent was filed on April 24, 2024, under Application No. 18/644...