ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,542, issued on June 2, was assigned to Transportation IP Holdings LLC (Norwalk, Conn.).

"Vehicle communication system" was invented by James D. Brooks (Schednectady, N.Y.), Jeffery Armstrong (West Melbourne, Fla.), Kristofer M. Ruhland (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Karen A. Shaw (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) and James L. Fenske (Marion, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes one or more processors configured to communicatively link a first operator control unit (OCU) disposed off-board a vehicle system with a vehicle control system (VCS) disposed onboard the vehicle system. The vehicle system is formed from first and second vehicles. Th...