US Patent Issued to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations on Sept. 2 for "System and method for harvesting energy for an electronic device, and a tire configured for use with the same" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,728, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC (Nashville, Tenn.).

"System and method for harvesting energy for an electronic device, and a tire configured for use with the same" was invented by Terence E. Wei (Copley, Ohio), Jason R. Barr (Akron, Ohio), Thomas A. Sams (Hartville, Ohio), Timothy J. Hanchin (Akron, Ohio) and Srikrishna Doraiswamy (Akron, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for powering an electronic device within a tire is provided, the system comprising: a generator electrically connected to an electrically conductive wheel, the tire being mounted upon the wheel; the tire in...