ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,650,489, issued on June 9, was assigned to Pacific Industrial Co. Ltd. (Gifu-ken, Japan).

"Wheel position identifying device, wheel position identifying system, and wheel position identifying method" was invented by Takahito Obata (Hashima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a front wheel assembly and a rear wheel assembly having different outer diameters. A wheel position identifying device includes a reception circuit and processing circuitry. The reception circuit is configured to receive a first transmission signal and a second transmission signal. The first transmission signal is transmitted from a transmitter at...