US Patent Issued to DANA HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS GROUP on Nov. 3 for "Wheel-hop estimation and control" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,205, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to DANA HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS GROUP LLC (Maumee, Ohio).

"Wheel-hop estimation and control" was invented by Rohit Koli (Toledo, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed for controlling an oscillation of a suspension and driveline of a vehicle with multi-speed suspended axles during "wheel-hop" conditions. Preparatory actions for an impending wheel-hop may be performed that may reduce the negative effects on the suspension and driveline. The proposed systems may include an estimator component that detects the occurrence of wheel-hop; a tuning controller that calibrates a r...