US Patent Issued to FCA US on April 22 for "Method and system for controlling a vehicle suspension for reduced rolling resistance" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,825, issued on April 22, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Method and system for controlling a vehicle suspension for reduced rolling resistance" was invented by Mark J Skynar (Farmington Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method of operating a vehicle includes determining a condition of the vehicle, changing a camber of at least one tire in response to the condition and changing a contact patch from a first portion of the at least one tire from a first portion to a second portion. The first portion has different rolling characteristics from the first portion."

The patent was filed on March 15, ...