ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,318, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Grote Industries Inc. (Madison, Ind.).
"Smart cable system for a truck trailer" was invented by Sankalp Pampattiwar (Madison, Ind.), Yogesh Kubal (Madison, Ind.), Cesar Perez-Bolivar (Madison, Ind.) and Adam Slade (Madison, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable system for a truck trailer with connectors having a main power connection, a ground connection, and one, two, or more communication cable connections. Connectors include at least a power and ground connection for electrically connecting an individual trailer to the cable system. A master control circuit may be included in the trailer...