ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,249, issued on June 24, was assigned to Universal City Studios LLC (Universal City, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for a multi-degree of freedom ride vehicle" was invented by Eric Rae Parr (Orlando, Fla.), Keith Michael McVeen (Winter Garden, Fla.), Thierry Jean Andre Coup (Winter Garden, Fla.), Sarah Anne Kelley (Orlando, Fla.) and Eric Allan Vance (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ride system includes a ride vehicle and an external sensor assembly disposed along a ride path and configured to measure external parameters. The ride vehicle includes an internal sensor assembly configured to measure internal parameters, a c...