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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2021
International Wheel & Tire Company, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Todd Allen Campbell, LaSalle, MI (US);
Daniel Jonathan Ehlke, Detroit, MI (US);
Mohamad Dib Kassem Hassan, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Erik Lance Kirk Mcclain, Livonia, MI (US);
Harsh Suresh Shah, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Jeffrey N. Skomski, Macomb, MI (US);
Keith Martin Smiley, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Kevin Douglass Smiley, Oxford, MI (US);
Mike Smiley, Hazel Park, MI (US);
Don Schwenn, Fenton, MI (US);
Patrick W. Zoller, Royal Oak, MI (US);
International Wheel & Tire Company, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A wheel and tire assembly (WTA) balancing system configured to transport a WTA within a defined perimeter may include a robot including a selectively movable arm and an end effector connected to the movable arm and configured to selectively engage a portion of a WTA, and a controller configured to provide instructions to the robot to selectively move the WTA to at least one of a plurality of stations within the perimeter.