ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,258, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Transportation IP Holdings LLC (Norwalk, Conn.).

"Vehicle control system and method" was invented by Rekha Doddarangaiah Prasad (Warrendale, Pa.), Ajith Kuttannair Kumar (Erie, Pa.) and Jeffrey John Wolff (Girard, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system includes an interface device having a body extending between a first end and a second end and that provides power to a vehicle system from an external power source. Sensors may be coupled with the interface device and detect sensor data associated with the coupling of the external power source with the interface device. A controller ...