ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,536,853, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Towing diagnostic system" was invented by Enrique Denicia (Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico), Juan Pablo Esquivel (Cuautitlan, Mexico), Jose Uriel Hernandez (Mexico City) and Jose Ruben Cadena Martinez (Tultitlan, Mexico).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A towing diagnostic system includes a detection circuit on a towing vehicle, a load circuit including at least one electrical load corresponding to an electrical circuit of a towed vehicle, an electrical interface at the towing vehicle providing electrical communication between the load circuit and the detect...