ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,775,993, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"System and method for acquiring and determining axes of valves in tire vulcanization molds" was invented by Jean-Marie Dettorre (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Nicolas Bard (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Mohamed-Abbas Konate (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Pierre Bouges (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Romain Calvel (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system (100) implements a method for identifying vents (150) in a tire vulcanization mold (10) comprising one or more segments (10A) and an inner surface (10a) ov...