ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,687, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to YINGKOU DALI AUTOMOBILE MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT S.&T. Co. LTD. (Yingkou, China).
"Tire changer" was invented by Hai Zong (Yingkou, China), Yuqing Wang (Yingkou, China), Tianyi Liu (Yingkou, China) and Dezhen Zou (Yingkou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a tire changer including: a base; a wheel holder mounted on the base; and a tool bearing device that is arranged on the base and can drive a disassembly tool to move in the horizontal and vertical directions, and further including: a slider; a supporter; and a first driving device, wherein the supporter is fix...