ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,295, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to AUTOMOTIVE TEST SOLUTIONS INC. (Albuquerque, N.M.).

"Intelligent vehicle vibration analyzer" was invented by Bernie C Thompson (Tijeras, N.M.) and Neal R Pederson (Los Alamos, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It has long been known that rotating components can produce unwanted vibrations. When these vibrations are produced by components within a vehicle it can be very difficult to determine where the vibration is emanating from. The present invention is one that locates the origin of a vibration that is produced from rotating components within a vehicle. This vibration analyzer can accuratel...