ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,830, issued on May 20, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle communication system" was invented by Shuji Tomimatsu (Tokyo), Tomoya Kitano (Tokyo), Tatsuroh Saitoh (Tokyo), Takumi Nomura (Tokyo) and Sora Nishigaki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle communication system includes a relay device that relays communication and a first communication bus and a second communication bus that connect between the relay device and vehicle control ECUs, and the relay device and the vehicle control ECUs perform communication of control data relating to a control operation for a vehicle by using the first communication ...