US 12,103,460 B2
Vehicle steering wheel with radial light-emitting region
Mingfei Liang, Shanghai (CN); Linlin Xu, Shanghai (CN); Fenxia Zhang, Shanghai (CN); and Ruigang Sang, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Autoliv Development AB, Vårgårda (SE)
Appl. No. 18/556,550
Filed by Autoliv Development AB, Vargarda (SE)
PCT Filed Mar. 8, 2022, PCT No. PCT/CN2022/079718
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 20, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/227867, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202120933410.7 (CN), filed on Apr. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0198898 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
Int. Cl. B60Q 3/283 (2017.01); B62D 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60Q 3/283 (2017.02) [B62D 1/06 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A steering wheel, comprising a steering wheel rim and a light-emitting assembly arranged on the steering wheel rim,
wherein the light-emitting assembly comprises a light source, a light guide member, and a light transmissive member,
the light guide member comprising a light inlet portion, a light outlet portion, and an orientation portion provided between the light inlet portion and the light outlet portion, and light emitted by the light source entering the light inlet portion in a first direction, being oriented by the orientation portion, and then exiting the steering wheel from the light outlet portion and the light transmissive member sequentially in a second direction,
wherein,
the first direction is different from the second direction, and the light transmissive member is configured to be annular and arranged in a radial direction of the steering wheel.