US Patent Issued to International Wheel & Tire on Dec. 16 for "Weight material cutting, dispensing and applying systems" (Michigan, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,740, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to International Wheel & Tire Co. (Farmington Hills, Mich.).

"Weight material cutting, dispensing and applying systems" was invented by Kevin R. Kerwin (Lake Orion, Mich.), Peter L. Gross (Indianapolis), Todd A. Campbell (La Salle, Mich.), Netresh U. Rege (Royal Oak, Mich.), Patrick W. Zoller (Royal Oak, Mich.), Jeffrey N. Skomski (Macomb, Mich.), Marc A. Walters (Lake Orion, Mich.), Kristopher J. Walters Jr. (Royal Oak, Mich.) and Erik L. McClain (Livonia, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A feed and cutting unit for selectively cutting and dispensing individual weight material segments from a...