ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,862, issued on March 18, was assigned to AMPERE S.A.S. (Boulogne Billancourt, France).

"Assembly and method for active control of the rolling noise for a motor vehicle" was invented by Guillaume Baudet (Orsay, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly actively controls the rolling noise for a motor vehicle. The assembly includes a path control device that includes another sensor fastened on the steering knuckle, such as an accelerometer. The path control device is capable of transmitting, to the anti-noise device, measurements obtained by the other sensor. The anti-noise device is capable of generating an anti-noise signal d...