Title:
STEERING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2023/135806
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided is a steering device which makes it possible to accurately detect the presence of a driver hand gripping a rim section, in order to improve traffic safety. The steering device 1 is equipped with: a steering wheel 2 provided with a rim section 20, a hub section 23 and spoke sections 25L and 25R; electrode devices 6L, 6R; and a steering control device 4 for detecting a change in the capacitance of the electrode devices 6L, 6R. The electrode devices 6L, 6R are respectively equipped with a first electrode section 61L, 61R provided to a spoke connection section 22L, 22R to which the spoke section 25L, 25R is connected and which constitutes part of an inner-circumferential rim section 21. Radially outermost sections 613L, 613R, which are the sections of the first electrode sections 61L, 61R farthest from the center, are positioned to the outside in the radial direction of arc-shaped imaginary lines L1, L2 which contact the contour line of the inner-circumferential rim section 21 above the spoke sections 25L, 25R and the contour line of the inner-circumferential rim section 21 below the spoke sections 25L, 25R.
Inventors:
ODATE SHOTARO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2022/001394
Publication Date:
July 20, 2023
Filing Date:
January 17, 2022
Export Citation:
Assignee:
HONDA MOTOR CO LTD (JP)
International Classes:
B62D1/04
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2020195620A1 | 2020-10-01 | |||
| WO2016013180A1 | 2016-01-28 |
Foreign References:
| CN112249146A | 2021-01-22 | |||
| JP2008237378A | 2008-10-09 | |||
| JP2002085360A | 2002-03-26 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SHOBAYASHI Masayuki et al. (JP)
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