ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,872, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Squat-responsive mirror and seat control for a vehicle" was invented by Brian Karl Lickfelt (Powell, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for a squat-responsive mirror and seat control for a vehicle is provided. The system includes a control circuitry configured to receive, from a sensor system, sensor information indicative of a squat condition of the vehicle. The squat condition is caused by a load on a towed trailer coupled to the vehicle. The control circuitry further determines a first position of a mirror assembly or a seat assembly of the...