ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,260, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG (Germany).

"Method for operating a damper system of a vehicle" was invented by Thomas Witte (Ditzingen-Heimerdingen, Germany) and Jochen Liebold (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a damper system of a vehicle having an active damper and a hydraulic assembly arranged to control the damper. The hydraulic assembly includes a hydraulic pump and at least one control valve. Requirements placed upon the damper are defined with regard to the dynamics and force that are to be set. Depending on the defined requirements, the hydraulic pump ...