US Patent Issued to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE on Jan. 20 for "System and method for dampening impact to a vehicle" (Oregon, Arizona, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,434, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Bloomington, Ill.).

"System and method for dampening impact to a vehicle" was invented by Scott T. Christensen (Salem, Ore.), Brian Fields (Phoenix), Stephen R. Prevatt (Normal, Ill.) and Steve F. Roberson (Normal, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for dampening impact to a vehicle. The system may include a vehicle frame component; a plurality of adjustable exterior vehicle body components coupled to the frame component, wherein the vehicle body components are on different sides of a vehicle and are configurable ...