US Patent Issued to Harley-Davidson Motor on June 30 for "Automatic access control system for a non-automotive vehicle" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,205, issued on June 30, was assigned to Harley-Davidson Motor Co. Inc. (Milwaukee).

"Automatic access control system for a non-automotive vehicle" was invented by Benjamin Hynes (Brookfield, Wis.) and Andrew Knitt (Oconomowoc, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for accessing one or more compartments or systems of a non-automotive vehicle. One system includes an electronic communications device including an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to authenticate an access control system of a non-automotive vehicle using a first wireless communications protocol, determine distance information v...