US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on July 15 for "Vehicles, vehicle electronics systems, and methods" (Arizona Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,445, issued on July 15, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Vehicles, vehicle electronics systems, and methods" was invented by Stephen L. Robertson (Surprise, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle electronic system includes a vehicle ECU, a wire harness, and an accessory ECU. The wire harness includes a wire harness connector provided at an end of the wire harness. The accessory ECU includes a wire harness interface, a connection port, and a vehicle ECU interface. The wire harness interface electrically connects to the wire harn...