US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on June 24 for "Traffic control device including a distance detector" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,356, issued on June 24, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Traffic control device including a distance detector" was invented by Christopher A. Buterbaugh (Columbus, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A traffic control device may include a distance module configured to detect a distance to an object, an impact detection module configured to detect an impact on the traffic control device, and a communications module configured to transmit at least one of the distance or the impact to a remote processor."

The patent was filed on March 17, 2023, under Application No. 18/185,680.

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