ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,918, issued on May 26, was assigned to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC (Nashville, Tenn.).
"Tire electronics assembly" was invented by Kevin E. Scheifele (Atwater, Ohio) and Hans R. Dorfi (Akron, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronics assembly is provided for use with a tire. The assembly includes a plurality of printed circuit boards, each of which includes an electronic device configured to sense a condition of the tire. Attachment pegs are provided to attach the printed circuit boards together in stacked positions that are spaced apart by the attachment pegs. Each attachment peg has a lower end portion configur...