ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,963, issued on April 21, was assigned to TITAN ITALIA S.P.A. (Bologna, Italy).

"Rim for vehicle wheel" was invented by Massimo Collini (Brescia, Italy), Paolo Bertoglio (Bologna, Italy) and Danilo Falegnami (Ferrara, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheel rim, in particular for a wheel of an agricultural vehicle is disclosed, in which an annular body comprises a central annular portion extending around an axis, two peripheral annular portions for coupling with the beads of a tyre and two intermediate annular portions that connect the two peripheral annular portions to the central annular portion, each intermediate annular port...