ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,803, issued on April 7, was assigned to PACCAR Inc (Bellevue, Wash.).
"Smart airbag suspension systems" was invented by William Robert Duley (Mount Vernon, Wash.) and Peter Britanyak (Burlington, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle suspension system that includes a smart airbag is described. The airbag includes a time-of-flight (ToF) sensor located proximal to a first end of the airbag. The ToF sensor emits a signal towards a second end of the airbag opposite the first end along a longitudinal axis, and detects a reflection of the signal. The ToF sensor outputs a value indicating the distance between the first end and the se...