ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,529, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO LTD. (Ibaraki, Japan).
"Vehicle control apparatus and suspension system" was invented by Masatoshi Yamahata (Hitachinaka, Japan), Ryusuke Hirao (Hitachinaka, Japan) and Yuki Yoshida (Hitachinaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controller estimates a state of a vehicle based on a wheel speed sensor provided on the vehicle, and outputs a control signal to a shock absorber provided between a wheel and a vehicle body according to the estimated state of the vehicle. The controller uses information of a sensor of an in-vehicle apparatus other than an apparatus dedicated to the sh...