US 12,275,349 B2
Vehicle steering wheel lighting device
Olivier Bertrand, Courcome (FR); Hugues Doursoux, Latillé (FR); Boubacar Sagna, Paris (FR); and Pascal Hugaud, Le Mesnil le Roi (FR)
Assigned to Autoliv Development AB, Vårgårda (SE)
Appl. No. 18/261,623
Filed by AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB, Vargarda (SE)
PCT Filed Jan. 18, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/050943
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 14, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/157128, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 28, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2100535 (FR), filed on Jan. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0391381 A1, Nov. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. B60Q 3/283 (2017.01); B62D 1/04 (2006.01); B62D 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60Q 3/283 (2017.02) [B62D 1/046 (2013.01); B62D 1/06 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lighting device for a vehicle steering wheel rim, comprising:
a plurality of light sources arranged so as to emit light towards an external display wall of the rim
a holding body comprising an internal wall with an elongate opening having a predetermined passage width to allow the light emitted towards the external display wall to pass through,
characterized in that the lighting device comprises at least one bridging element engaged with the holding body and at least partially arranged on a side of the internal wall opposite from the external display wall, in order to limit any increase in the predetermined passage width.