ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,456, issued on June 17, was assigned to Phillips Connect Technologies LLC (Santa Fe Springs, Calif.).
"Towable asset with automated monitoring" was invented by Jim Epler (Irvine, Calif.), Adam Bean (Hacienda Heights, Calif.) and Gil Winograd (Santa Fe Springs, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated asset monitoring system is provided for a towable asset. The system includes a power supply voltage that may be converted to power a monitored circuit during an active mode of operation while the towable asset is not connected to a tractor. The system powers the monitored circuit during the active mode so that a message regardi...