US Patent Issued to Tesla on Sept. 8 for "Adjustable suspension for a vehicle" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,835, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Tesla Inc. (Redmond, Wash.).

"Adjustable suspension for a vehicle" was invented by Joel Van Rooyen (Alameda, Calif.), Brian Doorlag (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Paul Venhovens (Redondo Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for dynamically managing individual suspension settings for a vehicle based on a determined suspension mode is provided. Based on the user input and obtained sensor input, the system can then determine a suspension mode for a plurality of individually controllable components by specifying values or commands for each controllable component. A first mode may corresp...