US Patent Issued on Nov. 25 for "Vehicular multiplex bus system with backup powerline communication" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,438, issued on Nov. 25.

"Vehicular multiplex bus system with backup powerline communication" was invented by Ajeya Gupta (Canton, Mich.) and Haysam M. Kadry (Dearborn Heights, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Multiplex communication in a vehicle is provided by a multiplex bus using complementary signals, such as a CAN bus. Bus redundancy for providing a backup communication channel in the event of a fault on the primary multiplex bus is achieved using power line communications (e.g., sending data over the already available DC power line). The need for additional circuitry is minimized by preserving the same message protocols (e.g...