ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,230, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Aptiv Technologies AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Partitioned wireless communication system with redundant data links and power lines" was invented by Lee Bauer (Birmingham, Mich.), Martin Bornemann (Nuremberg, Germany) and Christian Schafer (Bochum, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments are disclosed for a partitioned wireless communication system for a vehicle with redundant data links and power lines. In an embodiment, a system comprises: a communication gateway unit (CGU) located at a first location of the vehicle includes a communication processor, a first power supply, and ...