ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,799, issued on Aug. 25.

"Robotized tire-changing and balancing workstation and associated method" was invented by Hamza Fokraoui (Mirabel, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire-changing and balancing workstation comprises a tire changer, a wheel balancer and a robot. A method allows the robot to pick up a wheel and tire assembly assembled on the tire changer and transfer it to the wheel balancer without human intervention."

The patent was filed on Aug. 13, 2024, under Application No. 18/802,551.

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