US Patent Issued to Malleo Anthony on April 7 for "Vehicle component theft deterrence systems and methods" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,907, issued on April 7, was assigned to Malleo Anthony (Glendale, Ariz.).

"Vehicle component theft deterrence systems and methods" was invented by Anthony Malleo (Glendale, Ariz.) and Robert Fuge (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for theft deterrence monitoring of a vehicle component (e.g., a catalytic converter) can include an electrical conductor configured to be electrically connected to the vehicle component to close a circuit (i.e., the vehicle component may provide a conductive path for closing the circuit). The theft deterrence system can generate a reference voltage using the vehicle component. Tampe...