ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,230, issued on April 8, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Installation and process for the preparation and fixation of electronic component fastening devices to tire casings" was invented by Georges Anaba Anaba (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Fabien Bard (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Francis Carteron (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Lucie Chevrel (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Antoine Holtzhauer (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a preparation and fixation installation (100) for fixation of a fastening device (10) to an inner surface (50a) of a tire cas...