ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,175, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to KT PROJEKTENTWICKLUNGS-GMBH (Heilbronn, Germany).

"Tire repair apparatus for attachment to a vehicle wheel" was invented by Eleni Tsouroukidou (Pfullendorf, Germany) and Konstantin Tsiberidis (Untergruppenbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire repair device for attachment to a vehicle wheel may include a carrier element having a first side facing the vehicle wheel and a second side facing away from the vehicle wheel, a compressor attached to the carrier element, a drive mechanism operably connected to the compressor, a sealant container, fluidly coupled to the compressor, containin...