US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on July 22 for "Vehicle lowering and lifting system" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,211, issued on July 22, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Vehicle lowering and lifting system" was invented by George Floarea (Waterloo, Canada), David Akl (Kitchener, Canada) and Eric B. Hoyer (White Lake, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system configured to raise and lower a chassis of a vehicle. The system includes a damper with a first end connected to the chassis and a second end that is opposite to the first end. An actuation assembly includes a rotatable arm and a motor configured to rotate the rotatable arm, the rotatable arm is connected to both the second end of the damper and a control ...