ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,692, issued on May 13, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Control unit for a vehicle" was invented by Hans-Leo Ross (Lorsch, Germany) and Ruben Roesner (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control unit for a vehicle. The control unit includes: interfaces for the connection to two independently redundant communication networks, messages to and from the control unit being transferrable via a second communication network, and vice versa, in the event of a failure of a first communication network; and interfaces for the electrical supply of the control unit via two independently redundant low-voltage...