ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,880, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).
"Method for detecting road and tire conditions" was invented by Thomas Ledoux (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Benoit Gandar (Clermont-Ferrand, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining a running parameter of a vehicle travelling on a road, based on a measurement of a sound signal produced by a tire of the vehicle, and on measurements and estimations of running conditions effected in real time."
The patent was filed on July 11, 2018, under Application No. 16/631,895.
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