ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,344, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to BRIDGESTONE Corp. (Tokyo).
"Tire temperature prediction system, tire temperature prediction program, and tire temperature prediction method" was invented by Kenji Toyoda (Tokyo) and Kosuke Akiba (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is provided with a time-sequential load data acquisition unit that acquires data on a load of a predetermined loaded item in a time-sequential manner regarding a loading vehicle capable of loading the predetermined loaded item; a unit period setting unit that sets predetermined unit periods of which it is possible to change lengths according to...