ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,293, issued on April 8, was assigned to BEISSBARTH AUTOMOTIVE TESTING SOLUTIONS GMBH (Munich).
"Wheel holder" was invented by Claudia Hofmann (Munich), Stefanie Peters (Munich), Trendafil Ilchev (Munich), Christian Wagmann (Munich) and Nicolai Ganser (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheel holder for fastening to a wheel comprises at least two arms extending outward from a base plate of the wheel holder radially; each of the arms having at least one movable element that is movable radially; a central rotation element that is arranged in the center of the wheel holder such that it can rotate; and at least two coupling elements ...