ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,225,328, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to SCC WORLDWIDE LTD (Leeds, Great Britain).

"Method of retrofitting a data communication system to a vehicle" was invented by Joe Stewart (Leeds, Great Britain) and Peter Stone (Bradford, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus are disclosed for enabling an existing wire supplying DC current to an electrical load of a vehicle to serve as a clean line for transmission of a data signal without interference from electrical systems of the vehicle. The method comprises identifying opposite ends of the existing wire, cutting the wire at the opposite ends and inserting a resp...