ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,036, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Phillips Connect Technologies LLC (Santa Fe Springs, Calif.).
"Smart nose box" was invented by Gil Winograd (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Jim Epler (Irvine, Calif.), Adam Bean (Hacienda Heights, Calif.) and Thomas Peterson (Glendora, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A smart nose box is provided that includes both a housing portion and a lid portion. The housing portion includes monitoring circuits for monitoring the health of lamps in a towable asset. The lid portion includes a battery, a GPS receiver, and a telematics transceiver."
The patent was filed on Aug. 18, 2022, under Application No. 17...