ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,569, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Aptiv Technologies AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).
"Flexible mobile device connectivity to automotive systems with USB hubs" was invented by Robert M. Voto (Clarkston, Mich.), Shyambabu Yeda (Rochester Hills, Mich.) and Craig Petku (Clarkston, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method to enable a vehicle's embedded USB Host system to connect to multiple mobile devices through a USB Hub, regardless of whether the mobile devices are configured to function as USB Hosts or USB Devices, without USB On the Go (OTG) controllers or additional vehicle wiring or inhibiting the functionality of any co...