ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,432,300, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH (Karlsbad-Ittersbach, Germany).

"System having detached emergency call unit for motor vehicles" was invented by Dirk Fries (Straubenhardt, Germany) and Christian Birk (Ulm, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a system for a motor vehicle having a control unit, which is connected to a communication bus of the motor vehicle, and an emergency call unit which is designed to make an emergency call to an emergency call center, wherein the emergency call unit is connected to the control unit via an interface and can operate in a first...