ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,323, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Shock mounted linear suspension height sensor with accelerometer" was invented by Jason Wallace Michener (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor assembly for a suspension assembly of a vehicle may include a sensor for detecting displacement data of a target magnet and a sensor casing operably coupled to an external body of a shock absorber of the suspension assembly and the sensor. The sensor may include a linear flexible printed circuit that may be disposed along a longitudinal axis of the shock absorber to measure displacement data o...