ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,711, issued on Dec. 2.
"Slow leak detection systems and methods" was invented by Vivekanandh Elangovan (Canton, Mich.), Keith Weston (Canton, Mich.), John Robert Van Wiemeersch (Novi, Mich.), Joshua Wheeler (Trenton, Mich.) and Sai Prasanth Velusamy (Canton, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system communicatively coupled with a vehicle is disclosed. The system may include a detection unit configured to measure sound in proximity to a vehicle tire, and a processor communicatively coupled with the detection unit. The processor may be configured to obtain inputs from the detection unit, and identify a slow leakage in the vehicle ti...