ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,461, issued on June 17, was assigned to BeijingWest Industries Co. Ltd. (Beijing).

"Hydraulic lift for vehicle suspension" was invented by Jerzy Piotr Szymanski (Villeneuve les Sablons, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic life actuator for adjusting a height of a vehicle includes: a damper tube including a closed end; a damper rod protruding from the damper tube opposite the closed end; a sliding spring seat disposed annularly around the damper tube and configured to engage a coil spring; a support collar disposed annularly around the damper tube and fixed to the sliding spring seat, wherein the support collar is config...