US Patent Issued to Bridgestone Europe NV/SA on Feb. 17 for "Method and system for applying a sealing agent to the surface of an internal cavity of a pneumatic tire" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,119, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Bridgestone Europe NV/SA (Zaventem, Belgium).

"Method and system for applying a sealing agent to the surface of an internal cavity of a pneumatic tire" was invented by Roberto Pontone (Rome) and Paolo Staffi (Rome).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a system for applying a sealing agent to the inner surface (2) of a pneumatic tire (4) comprising a supply circuit (10) having a sealing agent collection device (11) comprising a tank (14); a sealing agent heating device (12); and a sealing agent supply device (13) implemented by means of a pumping device (17) that supplies the sealing agent...