ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,623, issued on June 24, was assigned to NEXION S.p.A. (Correggio, Italy).
"Tyre changing apparatus" was invented by Giulio Corghi (Correggio, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tyre changing apparatus (1) comprises: a frame (10); a supporting element (11) for supporting a wheel (2) rotatably about an axis of rotation (A); an arm (12) movably connected to the frame (10) to be moved by an actuator (5B, 5B') along a direction of movement (B) parallel to the axis of rotation (A); a bead breaker tool (13) connected to the arm (12) to move between an activated position, where it is in contact with the tyre (3), and a deactivated positi...