US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Oct. 21 for "Road condition detection using suspension sensors" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,947, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Road condition detection using suspension sensors" was invented by Joel A. Fernandez Cruz (Ferndale, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling a traction control system, ABS and actively controlled suspension. The method includes receiving an sensor output from at least one suspension sensor at a controller. The sensor output is indicative of a vertical height of the suspension relative to a road. The method determines an amplitude of vertical motion of the suspension over time using the received sensor output. The method ident...