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 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
  • Steering wheel mount
    Patent number: D502129
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Osamu Nakajima
  • 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
  • Vehicle steering wheel
    Patent number: D502903
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Patrick James Hebert, Jean-Paul Schowalter, Donald Lariviere, Kuo-Chang Sam Chen
  • 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
  • Baseball steering wheel cover
    Patent number: D481978
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Play Ball, LLC
    Inventor: Kimpton Wylie Burden
  • Steering wheel
    Patent number: D483305
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akinori Okumura
  • Steering wheel
    Patent number: D485518
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Siemens AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Kraus, Gert-Dieter Tuzar
  • Steering wheel with stick and knob
    Patent number: D494516
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Fred Swan, John Faust, Christopher Pate, David McVicar, Vance Prather, Manuel Tavano, Paolo Cattaneo, Klaus Fiorino, Andrea Zardoni, Masayuki Hotta, Chau-Chang Chou, Ming Yu
  • Frontal configuration of a steering wheel
    Patent number: D496612
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Oliver Sieghart
  • Frontal configuration of a steering wheel
    Patent number: D496891
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Peter Pfeiffer, Murat Guenak, Hans-Dieter Futschik
  • Steering wheel
    Patent number: D497857
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler Corporation
    Inventors: Jaehak Namgoong, Jeffrey I Godshall
  • Frontal configuration of a steering wheel
    Patent number: D499054
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventor: Peter Pfeiffer
  • Frontal configuration of a steering wheel
    Patent number: D499366
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Karim Antoine Habib
  • Remote control
    Patent number: D500028
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: Hannspree, Inc.
    Inventors: Holger Hoehn, Jason Tseng
  • 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