ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,592, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to BRIDGESTONE Corp. (Tokyo).

"Tire" was invented by Shin Sukegawa (Tokyo), Hironori Hoshino (Tokyo) and Hirotomo Mori (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire according to the present disclosure includes a tire body and a communication device embedded within the tire body or mounted on an inner surface of the tire body. The tire includes a label area that is located on an outer surface of the tire body and indicates the position of the communication device. The label area includes a light emission area."

The patent was filed on June 22, 2022, under Application No. 18/706,844.

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