ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,773, issued on March 18, was assigned to The Heil Co. (Chattanooga, Tenn.).
"Utility or upfit vehicle using communication portal" was invented by Ricardo Castano Salinas (Fort Payne, Ala.), John Forrest Smith (Fort Payne, Ala.), Brian Huston Ham (Huntsville, Ala.) and Ralph Waldo Whitfield Jr. (Rainbow City, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of transmitting data across a J1939 network comprises communicating at least one sensor, if not a plurality of sensors or operator interface devices, related to a utility service body data mounted on a chassis across the J1939 network on unassigned PGN/SPN combinations for various use...