ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,976, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (Southfield, Mich.).

"Corrective look-ahead road profiling system and method for enhanced active suspension performance in vehicles" was invented by Dane MacGregor Morison (Troy, Mich.) and James Andrew Mynderse (Berkley, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to an advanced system for enhancing active suspension in vehicles through predictive road profiling. The system employs a novel combination of sensors and algorithms to accurately predict road irregularities before the vehicle encounters them. This predictive capability allows for rea...