ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,141, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Apollo Tyres Global R&D B.V. (Enschede, Netherlands).
"Tyre comprising a piezoelectric device" was invented by Carmela Mangone (Enschede, Netherlands), Michel Klein Gunnewiek (Enschede, Netherlands) and Louis Reuvekamp (Enschede, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a vehicle tyre comprising a piezoelectric device, wherein the piezoelectric device comprises a layer of a piezoelectric polymer having first and second opposing sides, and a first and a second layer of conductive rubber provided adjacent to the first and second opposing sides of the layer of pi...