ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,880, issued on April 14, was assigned to TOYODA GOSEI Co. LTD. (Aichi-pref., Japan).
"Steering wheel" was invented by Akira Nakiri (Kiyosu, Japan), Moe Oba (Kiyosu, Japan) and Kazuya Watakabe (Kiyosu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering wheel includes a core and a foamed polyurethane coating that covers a ring section of the core. The foamed polyurethane coating is formed by foam molding of a polyurethane material containing 91 parts by mass of a base polyol, 10 to 25 parts by mass of a pigment, 1 to 3 parts by mass of a benzotriazole ultraviolet absorber, 0.8 to 2.5 parts by mass of a hindered amine photostabilizer, and...