ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,048, issued on July 21, was assigned to Accelerated Solutions Group LP (Houston).

"System to lock and unlock one or more compartments in a vehicle" was invented by Charles Eugene Becht III (Houston) and Gabriel Lane Mitchell (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wired or wireless vehicle locking system including a processor capable of determining that a first condition has occurred and send a lock signal to a lock mechanism of a door to a compartment or sub-compartment to lock the door and prevent access to the compartment or sub-compartment. The first condition may include: (i) determining that an ignition system of the vehicle ...