US Patent Issued to PIRELLI TYRE on Aug. 25 for "Hybrid cord and tyre with such cord" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,248, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to PIRELLI TYRE S.p.A. (Milan).

"Hybrid cord and tyre with such cord" was invented by Simone Agresti (Milan), Guido Luigi Daghini (Milan) and Barbara Rampana (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tyre for vehicle wheels comprises a support structure and a tread band arranged in a radially outer position with respect to the support structure. The support structure comprises a plurality of hybrid reinforcing cords (10) each having a plurality of monofilament textile wires (20) twisted to at least one multifilament textile yarn (30). In any cross section of the hybrid reinforcing cord (10), at leas...