ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,473, issued on March 31, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan) and DENSO Corp..
"Vehicle platform" was invented by Eisuke Ando (Nagoya, Japan) and Takehito Fujii (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A body system determines whether or not entrance doors of all seats or entrance doors of rear seats are unlocked. When determination as YES is made, the body system determines whether or not a trunk operate command received by a VCIB from an ADK (ADS) indicates an "Open/Close Request" for a trunk door. When determination as YES is made, the body system determines whether or not it keeps receiving the "Open/Close Requ...