ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,149, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to ClearMotion Inc. (Billerica, Mass.).
"Slip control via active suspension for optimization of braking and accelerating of a vehicle" was invented by Aditya Chandrashekhar Chetty (Fremont, Calif.) and Allen Chung-Hao Chen (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System and method for improving braking efficiency by increasing the magnitude of a frictional force between a tire of a vehicle wheel and a road surface. Braking efficiency may be improved by controlling the normal force applied on the wheel, with an active suspension actuator, based on the wheel's slip ratio."
The patent was fi...