ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,585, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio).
"Tire sensor monitoring" was invented by Jeffrey McKay West (North Canton, Ohio) and Peter Jung-min Suh (Stow, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are various embodiments for monitoring tire sensors. An intermediate data transfer apparatus can communicate with tire pressure monitoring (TPM) sensors of tires within a predefined distance of the apparatus to retrieve sensor information. The intermediate data transfer apparatus can generate sensor data records including the retrieved sensor information can be generated and stored on a remote com...