US Patent Issued to NOKIAN RENKAAT on Oct. 20 for "Tyre having sound-absorbing material and a method for manufacturing the same" (Finnish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,891, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to NOKIAN RENKAAT OYJ (Nokia, Finland).

"Tyre having sound-absorbing material and a method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Jari Ojala (Nokia, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tyre includes a tread forming a part of an outer surface, and sound-absorbing material formed as a ribbon and attached to an inner surface of a body of the tyre. The ribbon extends from a first end of the ribbon to a second end of the ribbon and the shape of the ribbon tapers such that a thickness (Tr) of the ribbon decreases towards the second end of the ribbon. The first end of the ribbon is in contact w...