ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,861, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to DriverTech LLC (Salt Lake City).
"Tractor-trailer communication system" was invented by Mark Haslam (Bountiful, Utah) and James Mullins (Centerville, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication system includes a trailer module disposed on a cargo trailer, the trailer module including a power line transceiver. The trailer module is programmed to use the power line transceiver to receive a data message from a second trailer module of a second cargo trailer that is following the cargo trailer and is connected thereto by a power line carrier. The trailer module is further programmed to forw...