ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,838, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to TUSIMPLE INC. (San Diego).

"Power distribution unit for autonomous vehicles" was invented by Spiros Poulis (Tucson, Ariz.), Holden James Yildirim (Tucson, Ariz.), Jade E. Day (Tucson, Ariz.) and Faez Yahya (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods for power distribution in autonomous vehicles are described. An example method of power distribution includes receiving, by a controller disposed in a vehicle, an indication of a fault associated with a load unit of a plurality of load units, wherein the load unit is communicatively coupled to an associated solid-state semi...