ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,924, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Advanced Suspension Technology LLC (Northville, Mich.).

"Vehicle suspension system with multiple modes of operation" was invented by Monzer Al Sakka (Sint-Truiden, Belgium) and Miguel Dhaens (Lommel, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suspension system including four dampers is disclosed where each damper includes a compression chamber and a rebound chamber. First and second hydraulic circuits interconnect the compression and rebound chambers of the front left and back right dampers, while third and fourth hydraulic circuits interconnect the compression and rebound chambers of the front r...