ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,984, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"In-vehicle communication apparatus, vehicle, and method for relaying signals between communication networks" was invented by Daisuke Saito (Tokyo) and Yuki Hirono (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An in-vehicle communication apparatus connected to a first communication network and a second communication network for relaying a signal to be transmitted and received between the first communication network and the second communication network includes a relay unit configured to relay a signal received from the first communication network to the second communication ...