ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,055, issued on July 1, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Towed vehicle connection determination system" was invented by Naoki Horikawa (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The towed vehicle connection determination system includes a towed vehicle presence determination unit that determines whether or not the towed vehicle is connected, based on at least two or more pieces of information among the weight estimation equipment, the peripheral condition detection equipment, and the vehicle rear monitoring equipment. Therefore, it is possible to improve the accuracy of determining whether or not the towed vehic...