Patent ID: 9318281
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: B60R,H01H

Claim Text:
1. A steering wheel assembly comprising: a plurality of control elements disposed on a user-accessible surface of the steering wheel assembly; each of the plurality of control elements having a plurality of user-selectable operational states; each of the plurality of control elements being electrically coupled to a digital-to-analog converter; each of the plurality of control elements being configured to provide an input signal to the digital-to-analog converter indicative of its respective user-selectable operational state; each of the plurality of control elements being electrically coupled to a corresponding branch of an electric circuit; the electric circuit defining an output node and being configured to produce a single output signal at the output node; each of the plurality of control elements being configured for affecting the single output signal based on an active one of the plurality of user-selectable operational states of the respective one of the plurality of control elements; the single output signal being indicative of the active ones of the plurality of user-selectable operational states for each of the plurality of control elements.