ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,931, issued on June 23, was assigned to Kenda Manufacturing GB Ltd. (Cheshire, Great Britain).

"Wheel and tire assembly, method of manufacture and use thereof" was invented by Michael Andrews (Cheshire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheel assembly incorporating a non-pneumatic tyre, said assembly including first inner web or rib members and one or more second outer web or rib members. The web or rib members comprise flexible or resilient material where the first inner web members are less flexible or substantially more rigid than the second outer web members."

The patent was filed on Sept. 13, 2021, under Applicatio...