ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,299, issued on Aug. 11.
"Redundant safety recovery light system" was invented by Marcus Boykin (Lexington, Tenn.) and Andre Gist (Jackson, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for providing redundant safety recovery lighting to a motor vehicle which motor vehicle includes an Electronic Control Unit (ECU), the method includes the steps of: a) allowing the ECU to identify a failed external light from a plurality of external lights of the motor vehicle; b) providing a database within the ECU that matches at least some of the plurality of external lights of the motor vehicle with substitute auxiliary external lights that can be ...