ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,619, issued on March 31, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"System for measuring the internal temperature of a running tire" was invented by Michel Blondelet (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Nicolas Besnard (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Sylvie Richez (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Gregory Servaud (Varennes-Vauzelles, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for measuring the temperature inside a rubber compound of a tire (20) when it is running, comprises at least one sensor (10) fitted with a microprocessor, radio transmission means, a temperature measuring probe, and power su...