US Patent Issued to Bridgestone Europe NV/SA on Aug. 4 for "RFID device for tires" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,868, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Bridgestone Europe NV/SA (Zaventem, Belgium).

"RFID device for tires" was invented by Francesco Iozia (Rome), Cecilia Occhiuzzi (Rome), Gaetano Marrocco (Rome) and Simone Nappi (Rome).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patch radiofrequency identification (RFID) device for tires comprises: a substrate; a first insulating layer covering part of the substrate; an RFID chip and first antenna connected to each other and arranged on the first insulating layer; a second antenna electromagnetically coupled with the first antenna and extending, at least partially, on the first insulating layer. Part of the s...