Patents Issued the Week of June 22-26

6.25.26

Patent Protection & Registration

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U.S. Patent No. 12,664,332 entitled “Method to Reduce a Vehicle Pass-By Noise” issued June 23, 2026 to Bridgestone Europe NV/SA [BE/BE] of Zaventem, Beligum. Invented by Marco Emiliani, Gaetano Fortunato and Vincenzo Ciaravola all of Rome, Italy. Abstract: A simulation method of a vehicle Pass-By Noise (PBN), which method comprises the following steps: (i) providing a tyre model, a vehicle model and one or more sound absorbent material models as inputs to a calculation module; (ii) simulating, by means of the calculation model, a Pass-By noise (PBN) generation profile of one or more rolling tyres based upon the tyre model; (iii) identifying, by means of the calculation module, one or more noise paths at the vehicle body; and (iv) selecting a position and an absorbent material property of an absorbent material to be positioned at vehicle body in order to minimize Pass-By Noise.

U.S. Patent No. 12,660,759 entitled “Control System and Method for Balers Using Crop Constituents” issued June 23, 2026 to Deere & Company of Moline, Illinois. Invented by Mahesh Somarowthu of Pune, India and Noel W. Anderson of Fargo, North Dakota. Abstract: A baler for forming a bale of crop material includes a bale chamber for forming the bale. One or more constituent property sensors are configured to detect one or more constituent properties other than moisture content of the crop material used to form the bale and to generate one or more sensor signals corresponding to the one or more constituent properties. One or more bale forming actuators are configured to adjust one or more physical characteristics of the bale as the bale is formed. A controller is configured to receive the sensor signals and to generate one or more control signals to the one or more bale forming actuators to adjust the one or more physical characteristics of the bale at least in part in response to the one or more sensor signals.