ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,059, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio).
"Systems and methods for tire treadwear sensing" was invented by Junling Zhao (Hudson, Ohio), Peter Jung-min Suh (Stow, Ohio) and Jeffrey McKay West (North Canton, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are various embodiments for sensing wear of a tire tread. A tire comprises an innerliner, a plurality of belts layered adjacent to the innerliner, a tread adjacent to the plurality of belts opposite the innerliner and a treadwear sensor positioned in the innerliner. The treadwear sensor comprises a base plate on an interior side of the innerli...