ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,130, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Sucxess LLC (Birmingham, Mich.).

"Method, apparatus and system for selective network termination" was invented by Axel Nix (Birmingham, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for selective network termination comprises a processor, an electrical terminal for connecting the apparatus to a CAN bus, a CAN bus interface electrically connected to the processor and to the electrical terminal, and a network termination resistor. A relay is configured to selectively connect the electrical terminal to the network termination resistor. The relay is electronically controlled by executing comput...