Steering wheel sensor

US12195074B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• I.R.C.A. S.P.A. INDUSTRIA RESISTENZE CORAZZATE E AFFINI · IT

Inventors

• Federico Zoppas · Treviso, IT
• Mauro Berioli · Vittorio Veneto, IT
• Angelo Morello · Vittorio Veneto, IT
• Roberto Oboe · Vicenza, IT
• Paolo Magnone · Vicenza, IT

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 4, 2019
• Grant date: Jan 14, 2025
• Expiry date: Dec 26, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/12
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A device (100, 200′, 200″, 300, 400) for detecting the contact between a user and a steering wheel (9) of a vehicle, the device (100, 200′, 200″, 300, 400) comprising: an electrically insulating support (10); a first electrically conductive track (101, 201, 301, 401) fastened to the support (10) and comprising a plurality of first peaks (11) alternated with a plurality of first troughs (12) along a direction (D), wherein the first track (101, 201, 301, 401) is distributed over the support so that the surface of the first track (101, 201, 301, 401) adapted to come into contact with a user's hand decreases along said direction (D).