ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,853, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to PIRELLI TYRE S.p.A. (Milan).
"Tyre for vehicle wheels" was invented by Simone Agresti (Milan) and Guido Luigi Daghini (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 at least one reinforcing layer including a plurality of hybrid reinforcing cords (10') each having a metallic wire (21) twisted together with a multifilament textile yarn (22) comprising a plurality of filaments (23). In any cross section of each of said hybrid r...