US Patent Issued to PIRELLI TYRE on Oct. 27 for "Process and apparatus for manufacturing a metallic reinforcing cord for tyres for vehicle wheels" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,556, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to PIRELLI TYRE S.p.A. (Milan).

"Process and apparatus for manufacturing a metallic reinforcing cord for tyres for vehicle wheels" was invented by Simone Agresti (Milan), Guido Luigi Daghini (Milan) and Thomas Hanel (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a metallic reinforcing cord (10) for tyres for vehicle wheels. The process comprises providing at least one elongated element (15) comprising at least one metallic wire (11) twisted together with at least one textile yarn (20) and removing said at least one textile yarn (20) from said at least on...