Company Profile

ClearMotion Inc (AKA: Levant Power Corporation)
Profile last edited on: 5/12/2023      CAGE: 5P2S2      UEI: KKMXMJC3BYG3

Business Identifier: Proactive suspension and seating systems combine software and hardware to mitigate vehicle movement across uneven road surfaces recovery technology
Year Founded
2008
First Award
2010
Latest Award
2016
Program Status
Inactive
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Location Information

805 Middlesex Turnpike
Billerica, MA 01821
   (617) 313-0822
   info@clearmotion.com
   www.clearmotion.com
Location: Multiple
Congr. District: 03
County: Middlesex

Public Profile

The ClearMotion SBIR story began with focus on designing a means in the car by which energy could be generated from off-road terrain - back-EMF allowing for regeneration while providing damping force. A few years later, while trying to work in the backseat of an Uber, it became clear that high-bandwidth actuation was - in fact - the real breakthrough needed, and so began the journey of creating the fastest, most advanced proactive ride system in the world. _____ ClearMotion has emerged with a product for modern vehicle platforms – partnering with Bridgestone, Qualcomm, and a host of auto suppliers to introduce the technology into production vehicles. The company acquired the Bose Ride business, Project Sound active suspension, and other predictive road-sensing software from Bose, incorporating 40 years of pioneering active suspension research, along with a new product line of fully active seats that augment our vision to transform the quality of time in motion.pun out of MIT in 2012, ClearMotion Inc (originally dba Levant Power Corp) began operations with the objective of developing technology that would harness energy from vehicles' suspension system and utilize that energy to provide onboard electricity to the vehicle. Additionally the idea was also to create energy out of a vehicle's suspension system -with the company's original product aimed at improving ride quality using adaptable, variable-dampening suspension that would be installed in vehicles. In 2017, the company changed its name to ClearMotion and pivoted operations such as to be solely focused on developing proactive suspension and seating systems that give vehicles a smooth ride, negating bumps in the road. The technology conceived was of a "digital chassis" that would use HD maps, algorithms, and banks of big data continuously to learn and adapt to a road’s profile, giving riders a comfortable and smooth ride regardless of a road's condition. The technology alsowould have significant applications for self-driving cars, where users may experience abnormally rough rides due to the car's inability to avoid a road's pot holes or bumps. With signficant venture backing and IP, the company expected to have its technology in all cars in fairly short-order ___ In fact the firm has been very successful - but not at all in the ways originally i=conceived. The project began as one of designing a means by which energy could be generated from off-road terrain -- back-EMF allowing for regeneration while providing damping force. A few years later, while trying to work in the backseat of an Uber, it became clear that high-bandwidth actuation was the real breakthrough needed, and so began the journey of creating the fastest, most advanced proactive ride system in the world. ClearMotion has thereforee emerged with a product for modern vehicle platforms – partnering with Bridgestone, Qualcomm, and a host of auto suppliers to introduce the technology into production vehicles. The company acquired the Bose Ride business, Project Sound active suspension, and other predictive road-sensing software from Bose, incorporating 40 years of pioneering active suspension research, along with a new product line of fully active seats that augment our vision to transform the quality of time in motion.

Extent of SBIR involvement

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Synopsis: Awardee Business Condition

Employee Range
150-249
Revenue Range
15M-20M
VC funded?
Yes
Public/Private
Privately Held
Stock Info
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IP Holdings
150-249

Awards Distribution by Agency

Most Recent SBIR Projects

Year Phase Agency Total Amount
2016 1 NSF $149,804
Project Title: Feed Forward Hydraulic Ripple Cancellation
2013 2 NSF $1,280,000
Project Title: Integrated Hydraulic Suspension Energy Recovery System for Hybrid Trucks
2012 2 Army $625,451
Project Title: Power regenerative suspension systems

Key People / Management

  Shakeel Avadhany -- CBO and Co-Founder

  Christian Steinmann -- President

  Zackary M Anderson -- CTO

  Jason Briggs -- Vice President Of Product Development

  Angela T Cheng-Cimini -- VP, HR & People Operations

  Aditya Chetty -- Controls Engineer

  David Diamond

  James Ducker -- Senior IT Engineer

  Jack Ekchian -- Director of IP & Research

  Michael Genyuk -- Network Engineer

  Michael Hogg -- Principal Mechanical Design Engineer

  Brenden Keyes -- Head of Information Technology

  Aditya Kodkany -- Software Engineer

  Jonathan R Leehey -- Director of Product Development

  Kerry Pilcher -- Controller

  Tyson D Sawyer -- Chief Software Engineer

  Adam Shayevitz -- VP Sourcing Strategy

  Scott Sober

  Clive Tucker -- Chief Design Engineer