ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,900, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to TTX Co. (Chicago).
"Handbrake and impact monitoring system" was invented by Erik L. Gotlund (Green Oaks, Ill.), David P. Cannon (Chicago), Michael E. Antonakakis (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Thomas M. Kingsley (Chicago).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and non-transitory machine-readable media for remote monitoring and for detecting that a handbrake has been activated and an impact event may have occurred. In one or more example embodiments, a device for detecting a handbrake or impact event includes a controller having one or more processors, a data array, an accelerometer, and...