US Patent Issued to Toyota Motor North America on Jan. 28 for "Systems, vehicles, and methods for creating a vehicle network" (Michigan, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,871, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Toyota Motor North America Inc. (Plano, Texas).

"Systems, vehicles, and methods for creating a vehicle network" was invented by Timothy Wang (Ypsilanti, Mich.), Roger Akira Kyle (Frisco, Texas) and Bryan Else Yamasaki (Ypsilanti, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, vehicles, and methods for creating a vehicle network. A system includes a wireless transceiver of a master vehicle configured to broadcast a connectivity signal. The system further includes a wireless transceiver of a follower vehicle configured to receive the connectivity signal to wirelessly link the follower vehicle to t...