US Patent Issued to Jiangsu Xingda Steel Tyre Cord on March 17 for "Steel cord, production method thereof, and tire" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,731, issued on March 17, was assigned to Jiangsu Xingda Steel Tyre Cord Co. Ltd (China).

"Steel cord, production method thereof, and tire" was invented by Zhisong Zhou (Taizhou, China), Shoupeng Kou (Taizhou, China), Lili Yao (Taizhou, China), Haidong Yao (Taizhou, China) and Zengguang Ke (Taizhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steel cord, a production method thereof, and a tire are provided. The steel cord is formed by twisting multiple steel wires, at least one of the steel wires is deformable to allow the cord to have an irregular surface morphology, and the irregular surface morphology is located at one or two symmetric...