ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,147, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to MAZDA MOTOR Corp. (Hiroshima, Japan).
"Suspension device for vehicle" was invented by Masaya Hiramatsu (Hiroshima, Japan) and Takashi Nishi (Hiroshima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suspension device for an electric vehicle prevents change in pitching behavior of the vehicle during regenerative and friction braking. The suspension device includes a front suspension arm that swings in a vehicle up-down direction with reference to a front wheel swinging axis; a front damper approximately perpendicular to the front wheel swinging axis in a side view; a rear suspension arm that swings in t...