IP Library Granted Patent US 10,589,438
Granted Patent B2
US 10,589,438 · App. 15/782,126 · Granted Mar 17, 2020

Knit and steering wheel

Inventor: Kenshi Nagata (Shiga, JP)
Assignee: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS JAPAN K.K.
B26D1/065H05B3/345B60H1/00292H05B2203/003H05B2203/015
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Patent No.
US 10,589,438
App. No.
15/782,126
Granted
Mar 17, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A knit includes a knitted fabric into which a ground yarn is knitted and a heater wire configured to be energized to generate heat to heat a vehicle member. The heater wire is inlaid into the knitted fabric by inlay stitch.

Claims (19)

1. A knit comprising:

a knitted fabric knitted from a ground yarn;

a heater wire configured to be energized to generate heat to heat a vehicle member, the heater wire being inlaid into the knitted fabric by inlay stitch; and

a plurality of inlay threads different from the heater wire, the inlay threads being inlaid into the knitted fabric by inlay stitch,

wherein the inlay threads are entwined with a common loop of the knitted fabric from opposite directions.

2. The knit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the knitted fabric includes a plurality of heater areas, and a density of the heater wire is different in each of the heater areas.

3. The knit as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the density of the heater wire is different in each of the heater areas in a wale direction of the knitted fabric.

4. The knit as claimed in claim 2 , wherein a number of wales with which the heater wire is entwined is different in each of the heater areas.

5. The knit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the vehicle member is a steering wheel.

6. The knit as claimed in claim 5 , wherein

the heater wire is provided at a lower density in a heater area for heating a top rim part or a bottom rim part of the steering wheel than in a heater area for heating a right rim part or a left rim part of the steering wheel.

7. A steering wheel comprising:

a rim; and

a knit contained in the rim,

the knit including

a knitted fabric knitted from a ground yarn;

a heater wire configured to be energized to generate heat to heat a vehicle member, the heater wire being inlaid into the knitted fabric by inlay stitch; and

a plurality of inlay threads different from the heater wire, the inlay threads being inlaid into the knitted fabric by inlay stitch,

wherein the inlay threads are entwined with a common loop of the knitted fabric from opposite directions.

Assignments (8)
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT Recorded Jan 13, 2026
From: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS ACQUISITION LLC; JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS JAPAN G.K.; KEY SAFETY SYSTEMS, INC.; JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH
To: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
Reel/Frame 074331/0585 →
ASSIGNEE CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jan 5, 2023
From: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS JAPAN G.K.
To: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS JAPAN G.K.
Reel/Frame 062299/0879 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 23, 2022
From: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS JAPAN K.K.
To: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS JAPAN G.K.
Reel/Frame 062218/0618 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2021
From: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS JAPAN K.K.
To: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, AS SECURITY AGENT FOR THE SECURED PARTIES
Reel/Frame 057828/0338 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2021
From: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, AS SECURITY AGENT FOR THE SECURED PARTIES
To: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS JAPAN K.K.
Reel/Frame 057775/0655 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2018
From: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS JAPAN K. K.
To: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
Reel/Frame 046286/0789 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2018
From: TAKATA CORPORATION
To: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS JAPAN K.K.
Reel/Frame 045938/0931 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2017
From: NAGATA, KENSHI
To: TAKATA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043850/0760 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-208953 · Oct 25, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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