ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,452,357, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).
"Phone detection and reminder system for a vehicle" was invented by Michael F Lentz (Macomb, Mich.) and Mark A Wilson (Oxford, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of providing an alert to a user of a vehicle includes determining a change in a vehicle operating state, determining if a remote electronic device is detected within the vehicle, and providing an alert to a user if certain conditions are met. An alert is provided if: a) the change in vehicle operating state was from on to off and a phone was detected within the vehicle; or b) the change in v...