ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,988, issued on April 29, was assigned to Glydways Inc. (South San Francisco, Calif.).

"Vehicle with independently adjustable suspension" was invented by Erik Shahoian (Sonoma, Calif.) and Patrick Kessler (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle may include a frame structure, four wheels, and four independent suspension systems coupled to the frame structure and configured to support the wheels relative to the frame structure. Each suspension system may include a suspension arm movably coupling a respective wheel to the frame structure, a torsion bar coupled to the suspension arm and imparting a spring force on the suspe...