ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,905, issued on April 7, was assigned to Jaguar Land Rover Ltd. (Whitley, Great Britain).
"Control system and method" was invented by Howard Siswick (Coventry, Great Britain) and David Waddell (Coventry, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a control system (1) having one or more controller (21) for controlling a lock mechanism (2-n) associated with an aperture closure member (7-n) of a vehicle (3). The control system (1) is configured to communicate with two or more portable devices (4-n). The control system (1) identifies a change in the operating state of an aperture closure member (7-n), a...