US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on Aug. 12 for "Smart vehicle systems and control logic with tire change modes for vehicles with adjustable ride height suspensions" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,218, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Smart vehicle systems and control logic with tire change modes for vehicles with adjustable ride height suspensions" was invented by J. Michael Gwidt (Brighton, Mich.) and Karen Margaret-Bell Gwidt (Brighton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Presented are advanced control systems providing tire change modes for vehicles with adjustable ride-height suspension systems, methods for making/using such systems, and vehicles equipped with such systems. A method of operating a vehicle includes a controller receiving an input signal indicative of a tir...