US Patent Issued to AutoNetworks Technologies, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Sumitomo Electric Industries on Sept. 23 for "Communication device, communication system, and communication method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,425,266, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to AutoNetworks Technologies Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Communication device, communication system, and communication method" was invented by Nobuyuki Kobayashi (Yokkaichi, Japan), Makoto Mashita (Yokkaichi, Japan), Masakatsu Moriguchi (Yokkaichi, Japan), Takeshi Hagihara (Yokkaichi, Japan), Ryo Yamane (Osaka, Japan), Ichiro Kanda (Osaka, Japan) and Tatsuya Izumi (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first ECU and a plurality of second ECUs are connected to a communication bus. The first...