ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,217, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to LORD Corp. (Cleveland).
"Semi active suspension control methods using skyhook and endstop control" was invented by Abraham Matthew (Cary, N.C.), Michael Mattson (Moncure, N.C.) and Jeffrey Cranmer (Raleigh, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is disclosed to smooth the ride of a seat occupant by controlling the damping force of a fluid damper positioned between the seat and base. The method selects between different subprocesses to minimize the ride discomfort and to minimize peak seat accelerations and endstop jerks. The controller uses the input from the different subprocesses to cre...