ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,627, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Microchip Technology Inc. (Chandler, Ariz.).

"Data link through vehicle safety system" was invented by Valentin Stoia (Bucharest, Romania), Florentina-Giulia Stoica (Bucharest, Romania) and Simon Kahn (Jerusalem).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device including a transceiver and a first logic circuit electrically coupled to the transceiver. The device including a first electrical conductor electrically coupled to the transceiver and to a first mechanical connection of a first vehicle safety system of a vehicle. The first mechanical connection to provide a first electrical path to a ground of the ...