US Patent Issued to International Truck Intellectual Property on Dec. 2 for "Vehicle monitoring apparatus and method" (Illinois, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,915, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to International Truck Intellectual Property Co. LLC (Lisle, Ill.).

"Vehicle monitoring apparatus and method" was invented by Eric Michael Dluzen (Aurora, Ill.), Michael Turner (Washington Township, Mich.) and Joshua Dean Lebar (Oak Park, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle including a monitoring apparatus comprising a drone housing and a drone configured to be stowable in the drone housing and deployable for flying adjacent to the vehicle. The drone comprising a frame, at least one rotor connected to the frame, and at least one sensor connected to the frame. The at least one sensor is con...