ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,184, issued on June 3, was assigned to ClearMotion Acquisition I LLC (Billerica, Mass.).

"Method and apparatus for state based control of active platforms" was invented by Jack A. Ekchian (Belmont, Mass.), Ari Gordin (Medford, Mass.), Pankaj Chopra (Watertown, Mass.) and Zackary Martin Anderson (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments related to systems and methods for controlling an active vehicle seat are described. In some embodiments, the active vehicle seat is controlled based at least partly on internal sensor information, external sensor information, and operator input from a user interface."

The patent was...