ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,410, issued on March 24, was assigned to Atieva Inc. (Newark, Calif.).
"Automotive communication system with ethernet ring topology" was invented by Gabor Lengyel (Half Moon Bay, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle communication system comprises: Ethernet gateways, wherein each of the Ethernet gateways (i) is designated to serve as the Ethernet gateway in addition to performing other automotive functions in a vehicle; (ii) is coupled to multiple buses for respective subsystems having electronic control units (ECUs) communicating using respective automotive bus protocols; and (iii) is configured to encapsulate within Ethe...