ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,864, issued on March 25, was assigned to SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Attleboro, Mass.).

"Securely pairing a vehicle-mounted wireless sensor with a central device" was invented by Samuel D. Houston (Antrim, Great Britain), Mark Duffy (Antrim, Great Britain) and Samuel K. Strahan (Ballymena, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, system, apparatuses, and computer program products for securely pairing a vehicle-mounted wireless sensor with a central device are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, securely pairing a vehicle-mounted wireless sensor with a central device in accordance with the present disclosure includes a...