US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on March 31 for "Methods and apparatus for mass estimation for a vehicle" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,828, issued on March 31, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Methods and apparatus for mass estimation for a vehicle" was invented by Elliott George Pearson (Shelby Township, Mich.), Madeleine Scanlon Moir (Superior Charter Township, Mich.), Michael Scott Goebelbecker (Plymouth, Mich.) and Bradley George Hochrein (Dexter, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for mass estimation for a vehicle are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes at least one processor circuit to determine a first position of a first reference point on a suspension system of a vehicle, the fir...