ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,698, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to WEIR MINERALS NETHERLANDS B.V. (Netherlands).
"Stud installation" was invented by Sander Artz (Gennep, Netherlands), Dennis Geutjes (Velden, Netherlands) and Bram Steijn (Velden, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and machine (10) for stud installation are described. The machine comprises: a support arrangement (20) configured to support a tyre (14) and a shaft (12) on which the tyre is mounted for angular displacement about a longitudinal axis of rotation, and a stud insertion arrangement (22), at least part of which is displaceable relative to a tyre supported on the support ...