US Patent Issued to TOYODA GOSEI on June 30 for "Steering device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,294, issued on June 30, was assigned to TOYODA GOSEI Co. LTD. (Aichi-pref., Japan).

"Steering device" was invented by Kazuma Muramatsu (Kiyosu, Japan) and Akitoshi Naganawa (Kiyosu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering device includes a grip portion and a display device capable of emitting visible light during operation. The display device is disposed at a predetermined position visually recognizable by the driver in the grip portion. The grip portion includes a core material disposed at the center, a covering layer covering a periphery of the core material, and a sheet-like skin layer covering an outer periphery of the co...