US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on June 24 for "Vehicle configuration for integration of an accessory" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,860, issued on June 24, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Vehicle configuration for integration of an accessory" was invented by Benjamin Moffatt (Iver, Great Britain), Ian Salsbury (Wickford, Great Britain), Yasmin Jawad (Dearborn, Mich.), Christopher Harrison (Hornchurch, Great Britain), Jake Larsson (London), Bahareh Saboktakin Rizi (London), Joseph Hornby (London) and Cheok Man Chu (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to simplifying the integration of a peripheral with a vehicle. The complexity of modern vehicle electronics means that integration of a peripheral with a vehic...