ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,059, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Method for identifying and mitigating dependent risks from improper safety equipment use" was invented by Noah Stone (West Bloomfield, Mich.), Matthew Edward Gilbert-Eyres (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Eric T. Hosey (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Robert Myers (Canton, Mich.), Russell A. Patenaude (Macomb Township, Mich.) and Sean Taylor Coughlin (Shelby Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety equipment monitoring system for a vehicle includes a vehicle processor for storing vehicle data including one or more of vehicle event data, vehicle o...