ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,923, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Advanced Suspension Technology LLC (Northville, Mich.).

"Torque control for hydraulic pumps in hydraulic suspension systems" was invented by Monzer Al Sakka (Sint-Truiden, Belgium), Kylian Praet (Antwerp, Belgium) and Sebastiaan Van Aalst (St. Truiden, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suspension system and method of controlling the same is provided. The suspension system includes a damper and a pump assembly fluidly connected with the damper, the pump assembly having a pump and a pump motor. The method includes: (i) monitoring real-time data reflecting at least one of a dynamic state of...