ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,287, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Method for a flat spot detection" was invented by Chidambaram Subramanian (Greensboro, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for detecting a flat spot of a tire of a first wheel of a vehicle. The method comprises obtaining a plurality of measurements indicative of an actuation and/or a motion of at least part of a suspension arrangement. The suspension arrangement is arranged to provide suspension for the first wheel. The method further comprises detecting that the tire has a flat spot by determining that the plurality of measurements fulfills one o...