US Patent Issued to Easy Rain I.S.p.A. on Oct. 14 for "Method for determining interface conditions between tire and ground, particularly to determine the onset of aquaplaning phenomena" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,327, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Easy Rain I.S.p.A. (Milan).

"Method for determining interface conditions between tire and ground, particularly to determine the onset of aquaplaning phenomena" was invented by Giovanni Blandina (Milan), Mauro Pierallini (Milan), Stefano Caserini (Milan) and Davide Fassio (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is described for determining interface conditions between a tire and the ground in a motor vehicle, particularly to determine an onset of an aquaplaning phenomena. The method includes: determining a reference longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle, measuring an actual longitudina...