ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,388, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Devices and methods of detecting driving conditions from a rotating wheel" was invented by Vibhu Vivek (Santa Clara, Calif.), Ryan Griswold (San Martin, Calif.) and John Sze (Saratoga, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor assembly may include one or more sensors mountable on a wheel of a vehicle and one or more processors electrically coupled to the one or more sensors for determining a driving condition of the vehicle based on the first sensor signals and the second sensor signals. Methods for determining a driving condition of a vehicle based on sensor signals an...