ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,256, issued on March 3, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Column cover" was invented by Takuma Yahagi (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A column cover surrounding and covering a steering column includes a cover body and a detachable member disposed further forward relative to the cover body and fastened to the cover body, with a clip, to allow the detachable member to be continuous with the cover body. The detachable member is disposed behind an instrument panel R/F and faces the instrument panel R/F with an interval along a length of a vehicle between the detachable member and the instrument panel R/F...