ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,079, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to MESNAC Co. LTD. (Qingdao, China) and QINGDAO MESNAC MACHINERY & ELECTRIC ENGINEERING Co. LTD. (Qingdao, China).

"Passenger radial tire forming machine and case thereof" was invented by Huili Yang (Qingdao, China), Fengxin Sun (Qingdao, China) and Yaxiong Chen (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A passenger radial tire forming machine and a case thereof. The machine includes: a rotating main shaft, the rotating main shaft being provided with an air supply passage and a threading passage; an electric slip ring device fixedly connected to the rotating main shaft, the electric slip ring ...