US Patent Issued to Automated Tire on Sept. 8 for "Autonomous tire changing system and method therefor" (Ohio, Massachusetts, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,024, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Automated Tire Inc. (Cleveland).

"Autonomous tire changing system and method therefor" was invented by Andy Chalofsky (Cleveland), Josh Chalofsky (Cleveland), Faron Schonfeld (Cleveland), Stephen Toebes (Sunderland, Mass.), Nicholas Efthimiades (Farmingdale, N.Y.), James Parker (Mansfield, Mass.) and Michael Earle (Somerville, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle component balancing robot apparatus, 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 apparatus includes a frame arrange...