ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,384, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Astemo Ltd. (Ibaraki, Japan).

"Control device, vehicle behavior control device, and force generation mechanism system" was invented by Yuki Shinotsuka (Ibaraki, Japan), Yasuaki Aoyama (Tokyo) and Ryosuke Hoshi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device controls a generation force of a force generating mechanism including a permanent magnet and an armature that generate an adjustable force between a first member and a second member. The control device includes: a command value acquisition unit that acquires a generation force command value of the force generating mechanism; a relative ...