US Patent Issued to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations on June 24 for "Metal web for a non-pneumatic tire and method of making same" (Arizona Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,627, issued on June 24, was assigned to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Metal web for a non-pneumatic tire and method of making same" was invented by William S. Niaura (Mesa, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A web structure for a non-pneumatic tire includes a first corrugated ring having a first plurality of peaks and a first plurality of valleys. The first corrugated ring is a metal ring. The web structure further includes a second corrugated ring having a second plurality of peaks and a second plurality of valleys. The second corrugated ring is a metal ring. The second plurality of valleys are affi...