ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,148, issued on July 14, was assigned to PIRELLI TYRE S.p.A. (Milan).
"Method for monitoring a status of a tyre" was invented by Renan Ozelo Rodrigues De Mello (Capuava, Brazil), Andrea Natta (Milan), Massimiliano Sallusti (Milan) and Marian Palka (Milan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method (200), and related system (100), for monitoring a status of a tyre (99) fitted on a vehicle, the method (200) comprising: -in a first operative phase with the tyre (99) in a reference status: -during an advancement of the vehicle, acquiring (3) at least one first signal representative of a motion of a crown portion (31) of the tyre (99); -obtainin...