ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,987, issued on April 29, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Electric suspension apparatus and method for controlling electric suspension" was invented by Satoshi Ohno (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The electric suspension apparatus is mountable in a vehicle and includes: an electric actuator configured to perform a stroke operation in response to behavior by the vehicle; a motor configured to drive the electric actuator; a rotation angle sensor configured to detect an angle of rotation of the motor; and a controller configured to control the electric actuator, wherein the controller calculates a stroke amou...