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Steering wheel with biometric sensor

  • US 8,463,352 B2
  • Filed: 09/07/2010
  • Issued: 06/11/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A steering wheel with a biometric sensor apparatus, comprising:

  • a plurality of sensing prominences having electric conductivity and protruding from an outer surface of the steering wheel;

    an outer cover formed in a sheet and covering an outer surface of a wheel body of the steering wheel;

    studs forming the sensing prominences, wherein a lower portion of each stud is inserted into the wheel body from the outside through the outer cover; and

    washers that are connected with the lower portion of each stud inserted in the outer cover;

    wherein each stud has a head positioned outside the outer cover and the lower portion thereof inserted through the outer cover and the outer cover is disposed between the head and the washer; and

    wherein a protruding end is formed toward the outer cover along a lower edge of the head.

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