ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,968, issued on May 12, was assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Electrode structure" was invented by Yasuhiro Yamashita (Osaka, Japan), Takumi Yamada (Kyoto, Japan), Takateru Sawada (Osaka, Japan) and Tadashi Ezaki (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode structure includes: an insulating support that is arranged so as to face a core metal of a steering wheel; a first electrode that is arranged on an opposite side of the insulating support relative to a side of the insulating support facing the core metal, and includes a metal plate; a first resin layer that is arranged on an opposite ...