US 12,344,304 B2
Steering wheel and heat-conducting device
Ching-Shun Chen, Hsin-Chu (TW); and Yi-Hsien Ko, Hsin-Chu (TW)
Assigned to PIXART IMAGING INC., Hsin-Chu (TW)
Filed by PIXART IMAGING INC., Hsin-Chu (TW)
Filed on Aug. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/882,722.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/236,267, filed on Aug. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202210687647.0 (CN), filed on Jun. 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0067992 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 1/06 (2006.01); G01D 5/24 (2006.01); H05B 1/02 (2006.01); H05B 3/34 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 1/06 (2013.01) [G01D 5/2405 (2013.01); H05B 1/0236 (2013.01); H05B 3/342 (2013.01); H05B 2214/04 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A steering wheel, comprising:
a body;
a handle adjacent to the body;
a heating device disposed in the handle, wherein the heating device is configured to receive a driving signal and generate heat according to the driving signal;
an electronic control unit electrically connected to the heating device through a driving wire, and providing the driving signal to the heating device;
a heat-conducting member disposed in the handle to form a waste heat path, wherein the heat-conducting member and the heating device are located at different locations in the handle; and
a base connected to the electronic control unit, wherein the base collects waste heat from the electronic control unit, and is connected to the heat-conducting member through a heat dissipation wire to transfer the waste heat to the heat-conducting member.