ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,625, issued on May 13, was assigned to Airdial Pty Ltd. (Carseldine, Australia).

"System for managing tire pressures of a vehicle" was invented by Steven McNaught (Carseldine, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire management system is provided for automatically inflating and deflating tires of a vehicle. The system comprises: couplings, for releasably coupling to each of the tires of the vehicle; an inlet, for receiving compressed gas, the inlet selectively couplable to the couplings for inflating the tires of the vehicle; an outlet, selectively couplable to the couplings for deflating the tires of the vehicle; and a contro...