ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,426, issued on March 24, was assigned to Opus IVS Inc. (Dexter, Mich.).

"Vehicle diagnostic system and method with vehicle calibration guidance and confirmation" was invented by Brian J. Herron (Dexter, Mich.), Jay H. Horak (Mesa, Ariz.), David M. Joseph (Ypsilanti, Mich.) and Frank M. Terlep (Richardson, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method of calibrating vehicle safety systems utilizes a vehicle diagnostic computer tool that is configured to be connected to a diagnostic port of a vehicle to be in communication with an electronic system of the vehicle to determine vehicle safety systems present on the vehicle an...