ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,284, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to GOGORO INC. (Hong Kong).

"Bridge structure for vehicles and associated methods" was invented by Yu-Jung Wang (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Chen-Hsin Hsu (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Zih-Wei Chen (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bridge includes a connecting platform, an electrical connector, a wireless communication module, and a processing unit. The electrical connector is disposed on the connecting platform. The wireless communication module is disposed on the connecting platform and configured to receive a wireless signal. The processing unit is configured to: carry out a verification process ...