US Patent Issued to FCA US on Sept. 8 for "Suspension based active force damping for a vehicle" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,689, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Suspension based active force damping for a vehicle" was invented by Ashton Guy (Brighton, Mich.), Brian D Dwyer (Ortonville, Mich.), John C St. Pierre (Macomb, Mich.), Parth Rajubhai Shah (Royal Oak, Mich.), Andrew Joseph (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Timothy Rose (Lake Orion, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An active damping system for an electric motor driven vehicle having spaced apart front wheels coupled to the vehicle by suspension components, includes a first sensor, a first actuator and a controller. The first sensor is coupled to one or both of a fi...