US Patent Issued to Hitachi Astemo on June 24 for "Suspension control apparatus and method for controlling a suspension control apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,642, issued on June 24, was assigned to Hitachi Astemo Ltd. (Ibaraki, Japan).

"Suspension control apparatus and method for controlling a suspension control apparatus" was invented by Makoto Matsuura (Hitachinaka, Japan) and Ryusuke Hirao (Hitachinaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controller controls a suspension apparatus including a variable damper that adjusts a force between a vehicle body and a wheel of a vehicle. The controller includes a first instruction calculation portion and a control instruction output portion. The first instruction calculation portion outputs a first instruction value of a damping force, which c...