US Patent Issued to Snap-on on May 26 for "Method and system for determining whether a dongle is in spatial proximity to a vehicle diagnostic tool" (Illinois, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,639,536, issued on May 26, was assigned to Snap-on Inc. (Kenosha, Wis.).

"Method and system for determining whether a dongle is in spatial proximity to a vehicle diagnostic tool" was invented by Derrick R. Steel (Gurnee, Ill.), Joseph R. Grammatico (El Dorado, Calif.), Roy S. Brozovich (Campbell, Calif.), Joshua C. Covington (San Juan Bautista, Calif.) and Kahlil H. Cacabelos (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system comprises a dongle and a diagnostic tool. The dongle includes a vehicle communication transceiver (VCT), a first wireless transceiver, and a vehicle connector. The diagnostic tool includes a processor, a proxi...