ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,604, issued on March 17, was assigned to VMI HOLLAND B.V. (Epe, Netherlands).
"Gripper and method for gripping a tire bead ring" was invented by Willem Marinus Van Beek (Epe, Netherlands) and Timen Anton Van Werven (Epe, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed a gripper for gripping a tire bead ring to be transferred from a pick-up position to a placement position. The gripper includes two or more engagement jaws that are arranged at equal angular distance in a circumferential direction on the gripper, wherein each of the two or more engagement jaws is provided with an engaging finger for engaging the tire bead ring to ...