US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force on Sept. 1 for "Tire alignment breaker bar, yoke and articulating utility" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,804, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Tire alignment breaker bar, yoke and articulating utility" was invented by Tabitha Au (Luke AFB, Ariz.) and Michael Williamson (Peoria, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool for aligning a nose tire on a F-35 aircraft. The tool defining a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis perpendicular thereto. The tool has a yoke having two opposed arms extending outwardly from a common proximal end to two transversely spaced distal ends defining a space between the arms. Each arm has a protuber...