US Patent Issued to AutoNetworks Technologies, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Sumitomo Electric Industries on Sept. 1 for "Communication device and communication system capable of detecting a failure of a device connected to a communication bus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,422, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to AutoNetworks Technologies Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Communication device and communication system capable of detecting a failure of a device connected to a communication bus" was invented by Nobuyuki Kobayashi (Yokkaichi, Japan), Masakatsu Moriguchi (Yokkaichi, Japan), Takeshi Hagihara (Yokkaichi, Japan), Masaki Kondo (Yokkaichi, Japan), Tatsuya Izumi (Osaka, Japan), Ryo Yamane (Osaka, Japan) and Ichiro Kanda (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication device transmits data thr...