US Patent Issued to Bridgestone Europe NV/SA on June 24 for "Method and system for applying a sealing agent to the surface of an internal cavity of a pneumatic tire" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,565, issued on June 24, 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 Straffi (Rome).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is provided for applying a sealing agent to an surface of an internal cavity of a pneumatic tire. The system provides for detecting the weight of the pneumatic tire before and after the application of the sealing agent to the surface, calculating the difference between the quantity of sealing agent applied to the surface and a reference quantit...