Title:
ステアリングホイールユニット
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6674556
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
Provided is a steering wheel unit with which misdetections due to contact between a steering wheel and the thigh part of the legs of an overweight person can be avoided, and gripping (contact) by a hand can be accurately detected. In a contact sensor, the contact sensitivity [pF/mm2] of a prescribed area (an area including a blank portion on the side of a rim part of the steering wheel that is near a seat surface of a driver's seat when the vehicle is in a straight traveling state is set to be lower than the contact sensitivity of another area (an area comprising only a conductive part) of the rim part.
Inventors:
Shotaro Odate
Application Number:
JP2018547182A
Publication Date:
April 01, 2020
Filing Date:
September 11, 2017
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Honda motor industry stock company
International Classes:
B62D1/06
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2015229417A | ||||
| JP5947919B2 | ||||
| JP2016165940A |
Foreign References:
| WO2016009584A1 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takehiro Chiba
Toshiyuki Miyadera
Takayuki Chima
Yasuharu Nakasone
Shiro Sakai
Toru Sekiguchi
Toshiyuki Miyadera
Takayuki Chima
Yasuharu Nakasone
Shiro Sakai
Toru Sekiguchi