ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,766, issued on July 15, was assigned to Vehicle Service Group LLC (Madison, Ind.).

"Load-sensing vehicle lift" was invented by Austin Deuerling (Madison, Ind.), Doug Spiller (Madison, Ind.), Ron Schneider (Addyston, Ohio), John Uhl (Madison, Ind.), Gerry Lauderbaugh (Madison, Ind.), Robert Elliott (Madison, Ind.), Darian Smith (Madison, Ind.), Doug Brown (Madison, Ind.) and Jason Stewart (Harvest, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Conventional vehicle lifts typically operate at a standard speed that is statically configured for the system, which may result in vehicles that are below the weight rating for the lift being raised at th...