US Patent Issued to Continental Reifen Deutschland on July 21 for "System and method for stabilizing lateral wings of precured tread during cementing" (South Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,191, issued on July 21, was assigned to Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH (Hannover, Germany).

"System and method for stabilizing lateral wings of precured tread during cementing" was invented by Matthew Hundelt (Rock Hill, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for preparing a precured tread includes providing an elongated strip of precured tread having a major portion including a tread surface and at least part of an underside surface opposite the tread surface, and having a lateral wing projecting from each lateral side of the major portion of the precured tread. Each lateral wing has a thickness that is less th...