ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,201, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Nation University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education And Research System (Nagoya, Japan), AutoNetworks Technologies Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"In-vehicle communication device, in-vehicle relay device, in-vehicle communication system and communication method" was invented by Ryo Kurachi (Nagoya, Japan), Hiroaki Takada (Nagoya, Japan) and Hiroshi Ueda (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An in-vehicle communication system includes an in-vehicle communication device having a st...