ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,161, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to The Braun Corp. (Winamac, Ind.).
"Secondary communication bus for a modified vehicle" was invented by Andrew Henseleit (Noblesville, Ind.), Joseph Miller Geddes (Zionsville, Ind.) and John Hayes (Rochester, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle may be modified to include a secondary data network forming a proprietary communication system used in the operation, maintenance, diagnostics, programming, and logistics of a mobility system. The secondary data network may be coupled to the vehicle's OEM CAN bus via a gateway module. The gateway module can receive and selectively recode data fro...