ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,698, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Germany).

"Method for operating an active chassis of a motor vehicle" was invented by Christoph Lenniger (Renningen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating an active vehicle chassis including a control device; a damper device having a hydraulic cylinder and a hydraulic piston; a pump for generating a pressure via the hydraulic piston; a gas spring having a pneumatic cylinder and a pneumatic piston; and a compressor for generating a pressure via the pneumatic piston. In the case of a command for a request for an increased resulting force of th...