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US 12,037,040 B1Granted
Vehicle steering aid system and device
OwnerDanny Wipfinventor
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Abstract
A system may include a steering aid device configured to be mounted on a steering wheel of a vehicle having a rim member to aid manipulation of the steering wheel. The aid device may have a hand engagement surface for being engaged by a hand of an operator of the vehicle. The hand engagement surface may have a primary section being substantially planar. The aid device may define a passage for receiving a portion of the steering wheel, and the passage may extend along a passage axis.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a steering aid device configured to be mounted on a steering wheel of a vehicle having a rim member to aid manipulation of the steering wheel, the steering aid device having a hand engagement surface for being engaged by a hand of an operator of the vehicle;
- wherein the hand engagement surface has a primary section central to the hand engagement surface and a secondary section extending about the primary section of the hand engagement surface, the primary section being planar in a plane with a logo marked on the planar primary section;
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- wherein the aid device defines a passage for receiving a portion of the steering wheel, the passage extending along a passage axis, the passage axis being oriented parallel to the plane of the primary section of the hand engagement surface.
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A system comprising:
- a steering wheel of a vehicle including for steering the direction of movement of the vehicle, the steering wheel being rotatable, the steering wheel comprising a rim member;
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- a steering aid device mounted on the rim member of the steering wheel, the steering aid device having a hand engagement surface for being engaged by a hand of an operator of the vehicle;
- wherein the hand engagement surface has a primary section central to the hand engagement surface and a secondary section extending about the primary section of the hand engagement surface, the primary section being planar in a plane with a logo marked on the planar primary section;
- wherein the aid device defines a passage for receiving a portion of the steering wheel, the passage extending along a passage axis, the passage axis being oriented parallel to the plane of the primary section of the hand engagement surface;
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- wherein the aid device encircles a portion of the rim member of the steering wheel to retain the aid device on the steering wheel.
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A system comprising:
- a steering aid device configured to be mounted on a steering wheel of a vehicle having a rim member to aid manipulation of the steering wheel, the steering aid device having a hand engagement surface for being engaged by a hand of an operator of the vehicle;
- wherein the hand engagement surface has a primary section central to the hand engagement surface and a secondary section extending about the primary section of the hand engagement surface, the primary section being planar in a plane with a logo marked on the planar primary section;
- wherein the aid device defines a passage for receiving a portion of the steering wheel, the passage extending along a passage axis, the passage axis being oriented parallel to the plane of the primary section of the hand engagement surface;
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- wherein the steering aid device has a secondary axis, the secondary axis of the steering aid device being oriented perpendicular to the plane of the primary section of the hand engagement surface, the secondary axis being oriented perpendicular to the passage axis of the passage, the first shell component having a width which tapers narrower toward the hand engagement surface, the width of the first shell component tapering wider away from the hand engagement surface and toward the second shell component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.