US Patent Issued to Automated Tire on March 3 for "Autonomous tire and wheel balancer, method therefor and robotic automotive service system" (Ohio, Massachusetts, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,099, issued on March 3, was assigned to Automated Tire Inc. (Cleveland).

"Autonomous tire and wheel balancer, method therefor and robotic automotive service system" was invented by Andy Chalofsky (Cleveland), Josh Chalofsky (Cleveland), Faron Schonfeld (Cleveland), Stephen Toebes (Sunderland, Mass.), Nicholas Efthimiades (Farmingdale, N.Y.) and James Parker (Mansfield, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle component balancing apparatus and system for on vehicle balancing of one or more of a tire, a wheel, bearings, brake components, and vehicle components that impart vibrations to the vehicle."

The patent was filed on June ...