US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Nov. 18 for "Method and system for determining the desired tire grip in active downforce control" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,956, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Method and system for determining the desired tire grip in active downforce control" was invented by Mohammad Pournazeri (Etobicoke, Canada), Reza Hajiloo (Richmond Hill, Canada), Naser Mehrabi (Richmond Hill, Canada), Ehsan Asadi (Markham, Canada), Seyedalireza Kasaiezadeh Mahabadi (Novi, Mich.) and Gianmarc Coppola (Richmond Hill, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for downforce control includes receiving sensor data from sensors, using a feedforward control to determine a first requested normal force at the first axle of the vehicle...