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Steering wheel

Granted 18 Feb 2003 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Honda R&D Americas, Inc. · originally Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

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Inventors: Mami Endo, Michael Tsay, John Frye, Michael Wiedeman +1 · Examiner: Melody N. Brown · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/152,758
filed 2 Jan 2002
Publication
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US D470445
granted 18 Feb 2003

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the steering wheel showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 4 is a side view thereof.

The broken line showings of the control button is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1
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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D12/175

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Examiner
Melody N. Brown
art unit 2911 · TC 2900
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