ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 15 -- Android Industries, Auburn Hills, Michigan, has been assigned a patent (9,840,234) developed by two co-inventors for an "inflator with reactive tire pressure monitoring." The co-inventors are Lawrence J. Lawson, Troy, Michigan, and Barry A. Clark, Ortonville, Michigan. The abstract states: "A wheel inflation apparatus including a wheel engagement unit that suspends a tire/wheel assembly and at least one inflation unit coupled to the robotic arm, each inflation unit be . . .