US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on June 17 for "Horizontal damper for a suspension assembly of an electrified vehicle" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,471, issued on June 17, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Horizontal damper for a suspension assembly of an electrified vehicle" was invented by Jared Shroyer (Madison Heights, Mich.), Shane Edward Foley (Milford, Mich.), James Leroy Swayze (South Rockwood, Mich.) and Harini Guduguntla (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The suspension system may include an axle operably coupled to a frame of the vehicle, an electric motor operably coupled to the axle to propel the vehicle, one or more wheels operably coupled to the axle, at least one vertical damper extending substantially perpendicular to a dr...