US Patent Issued to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LCC on Nov. 4 for "Non-pneumatic tire having reinforced support structure and method of making same" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,297, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LCC (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Non-pneumatic tire having reinforced support structure and method of making same" was invented by Benjamin E. Rimai (Copley, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making a non-pneumatic tire includes providing an inner ring of elastomeric material and an outer ring of elastomeric material, and arranging the inner ring and the outer ring such that the inner ring is substantially coaxial with the outer ring. The method further includes providing a plurality of sheets of reinforced elastomeric material and forming the plurality...