ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,610, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC. (Franklin, Tenn.).
"Vehicle control device" was invented by Jorge Ignacio Ruiz Moreno (Toluca, Mexico), Jose Javier Payan Aguilar (Toluca, Mexico) and Daniel Hernandez Alamillo (Toluca, Mexico).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control device has a vehicle body, a locking unit, an electronic signal transmission unit mounted on the vehicle body, and an electronic portable device in wireless communication with the electronic signal transmission unit. The electronic signal transmission unit detects a location of the electronic portable device with respect to the v...