US Patent Issued to Innovative Aftermarket Group on Sept. 29 for "Catalytic converter alarm" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,889, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Innovative Aftermarket Group Inc. (Chandler, Ariz.).

"Catalytic converter alarm" was invented by Carl Anthony ("Tony") Avila (Phoenix) and Andrew Ciccarelli (Tempe, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for deterring and tracking the theft of a vehicle catalytic converter includes sensors, an accelerometer, and a processor. The sensors detect a vibration, a shock, an air pressure disturbance, or an audio frequency disturbance at the catalytic converter. The processor communicates wirelessly with a user mobile device and arms the system if the mobile device is not nearby. The processor...