ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,040, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Vehicle suspension control device" was invented by Hiroki Furuta (Susono, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The vehicle suspension control device includes one or more actuators that change stroke of a suspension of a vehicle having one or more doors, and an electronic control unit that controls the stroke by controlling the position of the one or more actuators. The electronic control unit executes an opening/closing determination process based on information on opening/closing of one or more doors, and a first acquisition process for acquiring a zero po...