ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,996, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Grote Industries Inc. (Madison, Ind.).
"Wireless vehicle communication system" was invented by Adam Slade (Madison, Ind.) and Cesar Perez-Bolivar (Madison, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication system for a truck and trailer that may include trailer components electrically connected to a modulation unit. The modulation unit may be configured to encode trailer-related data values representing aspects of the trailer components such as operational status, failure of internal components, component operating parameters, and the like. The communication system may also include one or m...