ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,902, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).

"Vehicle compelling force detection apparatus capable of detecting compelling force due to wind disturbance applied to vehicle" was invented by Hiroki Nagano (Tokyo) and Yuta Takenoya (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle compelling force detection apparatus includes one or more processors configured to: obtain, from a first sensor, a road surface disturbance force received from a road surface on which the vehicle drives via a wheel of the vehicle, and store the road surface disturbance force in one or more memories, the first sensor being disposed below a damper s...