Circular Patents (Class D12/176)
  • Steering wheel covering
    Patent number: 6532843
    Abstract: A steering wheel covering includes a sheath fitting over the periphery of a motor vehicle, a plurality of detachable replaceable patches fitting respective recessed portions of the sheath, and a plurality of tie cords respectively inserted through wire holes of each patches to secure the patches and the sheath to the steering wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Inventor: Yih Jong Chang
  • Steering device with measured value transmitter
    Patent number: 6494287
    Abstract: A steering device for a motor vehicle includes an actuating member for the introduction of the steering movement and a steering linkage to transfer the steering movement to the vehicle wheels. The actuating member consists of a steering wheel (1) which is rotatable about a small angle and of a measured value transmitter (2) to generate an electrical or electronic position signal. The steering linkage is actuated by an adjustment drive which is controllable by an electrical regulating device as a function of the position signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: TRW Automotive Safety Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Anke Nigrin, Winfried Tschöp, Martin Kreuzer, Hans-Jürgen Bossler, Ulrich Randau
  • Steering wheel for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 6012354
    Abstract: A steering wheel for a motor vehicle has a steering wheel rim which is closed on all sides and which is connected with a central steering wheel hub by way of radially projecting spokes. The steering wheel rim includes sections which are connected with one another in the cross-section, one forming a decorative section which has a different material at least on the exterior side. In the gripping area of the steering wheel rim which is predominantly gripped by the hands in the driving operation, the decorative section is reduced in its grippable width by the pulled-around other rim section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Daimlerchrsyler AG
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter Futschik, Norbert Weber
  • Steering wheel cover
    Patent number: D436068
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Quaker State Investment Corporation
    Inventor: Laurie J. Stevens
  • Frontal configuration of a steering wheel for a vehicle
    Patent number: D438151
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventor: Peter Pfeiffer
  • Steering wheel
    Patent number: D439871
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Barry Joseph Goebert, Donald Jeffrey Christian, Jose Eduardo Fernandes
  • Frontal configuration of a steering wheel for a vehicle
    Patent number: D440914
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventor: Peter Pfeiffer
  • Steering wheel for a motorcar
    Patent number: D440915
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiko Kagawa, Tatsuya Akimaru, Tooru Nakagawa
  • Formed metal boat steering wheel rim with finger grip indentations
    Patent number: D442129
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Schmitt Marine Steering Wheels, Inc.
    Inventor: Gervase G. Schmitt
  • Frontal configuration of a steering wheel for a vehicle
    Patent number: D454101
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Peter Pfeiffer, Murat Guenak, Franz Lecher, Hans-Peter Wunderlich
  • Front exterior of a steering wheel
    Patent number: D460031
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Fernando Montijo
  • Steering wheel
    Patent number: D461435
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Inventor: James K. Johnson
  • Steering wheel incorporating signal light actuating buttons and an associated digital display indicating number of settable flashes of the signal lights
    Patent number: D462039
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Inventor: Robert J. Larocque
  • Steering wheel
    Patent number: D463336
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Vance A. Prather, David N. McVicar, John R. Faust, Matteo Montani, Niklas Jacob Jensen, Fred Swan
  • Frontal configuration of a steering wheel for a vehicle
    Patent number: D463337
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Olivier Boulay, Guenter Hoelzel
  • Steering wheel
    Patent number: D463764
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Fred Swan, John Faust, Ming Yu, Megan Liu, Rico Zorkendorfer, Pontus Wahlgren, Janet Collin, Frances Samalionis
  • Steering wheel
    Patent number: D464298
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Mannesmann VDO AG
    Inventors: Gunther Bartholomäi, Gert-Dieter Tuzar
  • Steering wheel
    Patent number: D464595
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Rico Luitpold Zorkendorfer, Symon Whitehorn
  • Frontal configuration of a steering wheel
    Patent number: D466059
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Peter Pfeiffer, Murat Guenak, Hans-Dieter Futschik
  • Frontal configuration of a steering wheel
    Patent number: D467207
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Franz-Josef Siegert, Romuald Juraschek
  • Steering wheel
    Patent number: D467529
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: João Marcos de Oliveira Ramos, Ehab Kaoud
  • Steering wheel for motor vehicle
    Patent number: D470087
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Akiyama, Kouichi Hayashi
  • Steering wheel for motor vehicle
    Patent number: D471138
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Hisada, Ikuo Maeda, Kouichi Hayashi, Akira Igeta
  • Steering wheel for motor vehicle
    Patent number: D471496
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Noriaki Tsurumi, Masashi Nakayama, Kouichi Hayashi, Eiichi Hamanaga
  • Frontal configuration of a steering wheel
    Patent number: D472858
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Peter Pfeiffer, Murat Guenak, Stephen Mattin, Christopher Benjamin
  • Frontal configuration of a steering wheel
    Patent number: D475665
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Peter Pfeiffer, Murat Guenak, Franz Lecher, Steffen Koehl
  • Steering wheel
    Patent number: D476607
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Peter A. Stern, John Faust, Fred Swan, Vance A. Prather, David McVicar, Ming Yu, Chau-Chang Chou, Manuel Tavano, Matteo Montani, Klaus Fiorino
  • Frontal configuration of a steering wheel
    Patent number: D476930
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Oliver Sieghart
  • Steering wheel with stick
    Patent number: D479168
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: John Faust, Fred Swan, Ming Yu, Wayne Tsai, Megan Liu, Manuel Tavano, Matteo Montani, Klaus Fiorino, Andrea Zardoni
  • Steering wheel cover packaging insert
    Patent number: D480668
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick L. Ohm, Eric Proudfit
  • Steering wheel for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: D391539
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz AG
    Inventors: Bruno Sacco, Peter Pfeiffer
  • Steering wheel with air bag for motorvehicles
    Patent number: D392607
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignee: Breed Automotive Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Marco Cattaneo
  • Toy car remote control device
    Patent number: D394092
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: Tomy Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuji Kato
  • Steering wheel with air bag for motorvehicles
    Patent number: D397068
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: Breed Automotive Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Marco Cattaneo
  • Front face exterior of steering wheel
    Patent number: D398569
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz AG
    Inventors: Bruno Sacco, Peter Pfeiffer, Romuald Juraschek
  • Steering wheel for vehicle
    Patent number: D406805
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bruno Sacco, Harald Leschke, Guenter Hoelzel, Michael Kraemer, Christopher Rhoades
  • Steering wheel for motor vehicles and watercrafts
    Patent number: D407359
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Nardi Italia Spa
    Inventor: Silvia Conterno
  • Steering wheel
    Patent number: D408770
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Inventor: Paul Colquitt
  • Steering wheel
    Patent number: D409538
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: Konami Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitsugu Isetani, Yuji Tamura, Koichi Nishio
  • Front face of a steering wheel for vehicle
    Patent number: D410606
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1999
    Assignee: Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bruno Sacco, Peter Pfeiffer, Hans-Dieter Futschik, Norbert Weber
  • Steering wheel for motor vehicles and watercrafts
    Patent number: D410880
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Assignee: Nardi Italia Spa
    Inventor: Silvia Conterno
  • Combined steering wheel and cellular phone
    Patent number: D418786
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Inventor: Andrew C Giamos
  • Steering wheel having push-button shifters
    Patent number: D419507
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: Challenge Karts U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventors: Onofrio Triarsi, Isaia Fiocco
  • Steering wheel for motor vehicles and watercrafts
    Patent number: D420963
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: Nardi Italia Spa
    Inventor: Silvia Conterno
  • Steering wheel for a vehicle
    Patent number: D421945
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Bruno Sacco, Peter Pfeiffer
  • Steering wheel assembly
    Patent number: D424000
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bin An, Michael R. Groesch, Jonathan A. Hayes
  • Steering wheel for a vehicle
    Patent number: D424488
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke
    Inventor: Graham Thorpe
  • Combined steering wheel and gear shift turn signal switches
    Patent number: D424996
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Inventor: George W McShay, Jr.
  • Steering wheel
    Patent number: D428588
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Gary D. Uken, Russell W. Strong, Matthew P. Jacobs
  • Motivational steering wheel
    Patent number: D431507
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Inventor: Allen Dean Carmichael