US Patent Issued to ACV Auctions on Sept. 29 for "Multi-sensor devices and systems for evaluating vehicle conditions" (New York, Vermont Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,500, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to ACV Auctions Inc. (Buffalo, N.Y.).

"Multi-sensor devices and systems for evaluating vehicle conditions" was invented by Philip Schneider (Amherst, N.Y.), Michael Pokora (Tonawanda, N.Y.), Livio Forte III (Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.), Justas Birgiolas (Milton, Vt.) and Dennis Christopher Fedorishin (Amherst, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile vehicle diagnostic device (MVDD) for acquiring data about a vehicle, the device comprising: a housing configured to be mechanically coupled to the vehicle so that, when the housing is mechanically coupled to the vehicle, vibration generated by the vehic...