US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Dec. 30 for "Methods, systems, and devices for monitoring a portable speaker of a vehicle" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,998, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Japan).

"Methods, systems, and devices for monitoring a portable speaker of a vehicle" was invented by Ming M. Meng (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for a portable speaker security system. The portable speaker security system may include a portable speaker and a speaker dock. The speaker dock may hold the portable speaker and electrically connect to the portable speaker. The portable speaker security system may further include a head unit electrically conn...