ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,477, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to InterMotive Inc. (Auburn, Calif.).
"Catalytic converter anti-theft system" was invented by Dan C. Mower (Grass Valley, Calif.), Gregory E. Schafer (Reno, Nev.), Kenneth Nguyen (Elk Grove, Calif.) and Bryan M. Elzy (Sparta, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrically conductive circuit has a distal end coupled to a catalytic converter of a vehicle. A sensor such as a voltage divider is coupled to a proximal end of this conductive circuit. The voltage divider senses when a resistance associated with the conductive circuit is altered, indicative of catalytic converter tampering. An alar...