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US 10,822,014 B2Granted
Vehicle steering wheel
AssigneeAutoliv Development AB
InventorsJonathan Boittiaux, Fabrice Moinard
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Abstract
A vehicle steering wheel comprising: a hoop, a plurality of presence sensors, each one arranged so as to detect a proximity and/or contact between a user's limb and the hoop, an outer sheath covering the plurality of presence sensors and stitched with at least one seam that extends around at least part of the hoop, wherein the plurality of presence sensors is mounted on the same support, and in that at least one of the presence sensors is arranged facing at least part of the seam of the outer sheath.
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A vehicle steering wheel for a vehicle comprising:
- a hoop,
- a plurality of presence sensors, each presence sensor arranged:
- so as to define on the hoop one of a plurality of discrete detection zones, and
- so as to detect a proximity and/or contact between a user's limb and the detection zone,
- an outer sheath covering the plurality of presence sensors, and stitched with at least a first seam that extends around at least part of the hoop,
- wherein the plurality of presence sensors is mounted on a common support, and wherein at least a first presence sensor of the plurality of the presence sensors is radially between the common support and at least part of the first seam of the outer sheath and extends along the first seam, so that the first presence sensor defines a first detection zone of the plurality of detection zones that includes at least part of the first seam and extends in a transverse direction to the first seam;
- and
- wherein the first presence sensor includes first and second longitudinal edges completely on opposite sides of the first seam such that the first and second longitudinal edges do not cross the first seam.
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A vehicle steering wheel comprising:
- a hub;
- a hoop connected to the hub in a radial direction by at least one spoke;
- an outer sheath extending around at least part of the hoop, the outer sheath stitched with at least a first seam, the first seam on a radially inwardly facing surface of the outer sheath;
- at least a first presence sensor defining a first detection zone on the hoop, the first presence sensor configured to detect at least one of proximity with the detection zone and contact of the user with the first detection zone;
- wherein the first presence sensor is radially disposed between at least a portion of the first seam and the hoop, extends in a longitudinal direction substantially parallel to the first seam and extends in first and second opposite lateral direction directions perpendicular to the first seam,
- wherein the first detection zone encompasses at least a portion of the first seam.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.