US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Feb. 17 for "Air spring suspension system with variable flow valves" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,218, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Air spring suspension system with variable flow valves" was invented by Devon Robert Hall (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Matthew Watts (South Lyon, Mich.), McGregor Coyne (Farmington Hills, Mich.) and Brian K. Saylor (South Lyon, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air spring suspension system includes first, second, third, and fourth air spring assemblies configured to support a frame of the vehicle at front and rear suspension/wheel assemblies of the vehicle. A valve block includes a valve. A compressor supplies pressurized gas to the valve block. A re...