US Patent Issued to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche on April 22 for "Damping arrangement for an axle of a motor vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,627, issued on April 22, was assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Germany).

"Damping arrangement for an axle of a motor vehicle" was invented by Thomas Witte (Ditzingen-Heimerdingen, Germany) and Andreas Freuer (Ludwigsburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Damping arrangement of an active chassis for an axle of a vehicle. A damping system cooperates with each wheel. Each of the damping systems has a damper having a double-acting hydraulic cylinder and a piston, a reversible hydraulic pump and an electric motor, and a hydraulic unit having a hydraulic reservoir and valves. The hydraulic pump and the hydraulic unit of the res...