US Patent Issued to INTERNATIONAL WHEEL & TIRE on April 7 for "System to dynamically change end of arm tooling for tire assembly" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,796, issued on April 7, was assigned to INTERNATIONAL WHEEL & TIRE COMPANY (Farmington Hills, Mich.).

"System to dynamically change end of arm tooling for tire assembly" was invented by Harsh Suresh Shah (Royal Oak, Mich.), Raymond Richard Risley III (Belleville, Mich.) and Todd Allen Campbell (LaSalle, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A weight apply system capable of changing tooling to apply weights to an assembly to correct unbalance. It may include a selectively movable arm, at least one weight apply tool, the ability to change the tooling based on assembly type, and a controller configured to manage the selection of the tool...