ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,696, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Control device for vehicle" was invented by Hiroki Furuta (Shizuoka-ken, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device for a vehicle includes: a carrier installed on the vehicle and on which an occupant or an object to be conveyed is placed; an active suspension disposed between the carrier and the vehicle body and capable of controlling a force that acts between the carrier and the vehicle body; a road surface information obtaining device configured to obtain road surface information that is information on a displacement in an up-down direction of...