US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on March 31 for "Devices, systems, and methods for inducing automotive body vibration" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,862, issued on March 31, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-ken, Japan).

"Devices, systems, and methods for inducing automotive body vibration" was invented by Bradley W. Kilwy (McKinney, Texas) and Tyler J. Kass (Hickory Creek, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system generates realistic vibrations in a vehicle body. The system includes the vehicle, a power supply, a processor circuit including a processor and memory, and a user interface configured to select a frequency and amplitude for a sound or vibration. The system also includes at least one amplifier in communic...