US Patent Issued to AutoNetworks Technologies, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Sumitomo Electric Industries on Sept. 23 for "In-vehicle system and in-vehicle ECU" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,812, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to AutoNetworks Technologies Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"In-vehicle system and in-vehicle ECU" was invented by Shota Ushiro (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An in-vehicle system includes: a first in-vehicle device installed in a vehicle; a second in-vehicle device controlled in accordance with a signal output from the first in-vehicle device; a first in-vehicle ECU communicably connected to the first in-vehicle device and the second in-vehicle device by signal lines; and a second i...