US Patent Issued to NEXION on Sept. 8 for "Tyre changing machine and method for using a tyre changing machine" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,678, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to NEXION S.P.A. (Correggio, Italy).

"Tyre changing machine and method for using a tyre changing machine" was invented by Mirco Bigi (Carpi, Italy) and Daniele Aldini (Correggio, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tyre changing machine (100) for mounting and demounting a tyre (P) to and from a corresponding rim (C) of a vehicle wheel (R) comprises a wheel-holder unit (200), a frame (400) and a bead breaker unit (300) including an abutment surface (S) and a bead breaking arm (301) articulated to the frame (400) to rotate about a second vertical axis (Y). The bead breaker unit (300) comprises: a...