ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,066, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Outrider Technologies Inc. (Brighton, Colo.).
"Autonomous trailer connectivity" was invented by Matthew Steven Johannes (Arvada, Colo.), Martin Edward Sotola (Boulder, Colo.), Jonathan Hovey Record (Highlands Ranch, Colo.), Gary Seminara (Golden, Colo.), John Keith Massie (Arvada, Colo.), Joseph S. DeRose (Denver), Lawrence S. Klein (Bend, Ore.) and Wylam J. Klein (Bend, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trailer control box may receive a wireless message from a controller of the tractor. The trailer control box may validate and authenticating the message. The trailer control box may control...