ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,139, issued on July 8, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).
"System and a method" was invented by Pierre-Alexis Tetaz (Tokyo), Mathieu Grandemange (Tokyo), Remi Bouard (Tokyo) and Yves Potin (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for preventing excessive increase of an internal pressure of a rolling assembly, the rolling assembly having a rotation axis and comprising a wheel and a tire, the tire being mounted onto the wheel creating an inner cavity surrounded by a wheel internal surface and a tire internal surface, comprises a cold spot placed in the inner cavity of the rol...