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Frontal configuration of a steering wheel

Granted 17 Dec 2002 · no office action yet

Current assignee: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · originally Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

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Inventors: Franz-Josef Siegert, Romuald Juraschek · Examiner: Melody N. Brown · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/151,804
filed 12 Dec 2001
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US D467207
granted 17 Dec 2002
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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of a…

FIG. 1 is a front view of a frontal configuration of a steering wheel according to our novel design; and,

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the frontal configuration of a steering wheel according to our novel design.

The broken lines included in the drawings depict environment and are not part of the claimed design. Also enclosed is a set of photographs of an embodiment of our invention.

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USthis patentUS-D467207-SS117 Dec 200212 Dec 2001grantedFrontal configuration of a steering wheel
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AUAU-152054-SS30 Jun 200312 Dec 2001publishedSteering wheel for a motor vehicle
CACA-98086-SS30 Jun 20043 Dec 2001grantedMotor vehicle steering wheel

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