US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on May 27 for "Intelligent liquid level display for auxiliary tanks" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,233, issued on May 27, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Intelligent liquid level display for auxiliary tanks" was invented by Aed M. Dudar (Canton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system to display liquid levels in vehicle auxiliary tanks is disclosed. The vehicle includes a plurality of auxiliary tanks disposed on a vehicle cargo bed. The vehicle further includes a first detection unit to detect a user activity associated with the plurality of auxiliary tanks, and a second detection unit to measure a vehicle weight. The vehicle further includes a control unit to identify a first auxiliary tank,...