B60Q 3/283
Steering wheels
Official title: Steering wheels; Gear levers
B60Q3/283 (Steering wheels) appears on 201 US grants and 228 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60Q- Granted patents
- 201
- Published applications
- 228
- Assignees
- 85
- Inventors
- 406
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 2019 | 14 | 28 |
| 2020 | 16 | 12 |
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| 2022 | 18 | 14 |
| 2023 | 23 | 21 |
| 2024 | 17 | 25 |
| 2025 | 23 | 17 |
| 2026 | 11 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Vehicle steering wheel lighting device having a compact design and light guide1 Sep 2026US 12,722,565 B2Autoliv Development AB
- Lighted steering wheel device18 Aug 2026US 12,709,220 B2
- Steering device30 Jun 2026US 12,668,294 B2Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
- Illumination device30 Jun 2026US 12,669,641 B2Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
- Control system and method for enhancing vehicle driving experience26 May 2026US 12,637,001 B1Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- A gear shift system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296304 A1Jaguar Land Rover Limited
- Illumination device and steering device using the same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296306 A1Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
- Steering wheel and method of manufacturing a steering wheel1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296521 A1Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
- Optical leather on a vehicle steering wheel24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285391 A1
- Steering wheel10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264606 A1Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vehicle illumination system and method289US 7,987,030 B2GM Global Technology Operations LLC · 2011
- Back light of steering wheel233US 8,136,425 B2TK Holdings Inc. · 2012
- Illuminated surfaces in the interior of an automobile224US 6,851,840 B2Methode Electronics, Inc. · 2005
- Phosphorescent vehicle part identification system160US 5,053,930 A1991
- Illuminated line of light using point light source129US 5,590,945 AIndustrial Devices, Inc. · 1997