ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,607, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Methods and apparatus to use front load estimates for body control" was invented by David Michael Russell (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Charles Gavin McGee (Brighton, Mich.), Ben Bulat (Northville, Mich.), Daniel Lee Grohnke (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Darrell Erick Butler (Macomb, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to use front load estimates for body control are disclosed herein. An example vehicle includes a front axle, a suspension system including a suspension element, and a process...