ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,561, issued on June 17, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Low-power vehicle secure access" was invented by David Jeffeory Berels (Plymouth, Mich.), Sheran Anthony Alles (Livonia, Mich.), Stephen Jay Osterhoff (Livonia, Mich.), Otto Shafer (Canton, Mich.), Leann Kridner (New Boston, Mich.), Bhushan Joshi (Canton, Mich.) and Zaid Amro (Canton, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Secured access to a vehicle is provided. A power input is configured to receive power from a source external to the vehicle. A voltage monitor is configured to measure voltage and/or state of health of a vehicle battery. An acces...