US Patent Issued to Bridgestone Europe NV/SA on June 24 for "Method for the treatment of cords for the reinforcing layers of pneumatic tires" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,628, issued on June 24, was assigned to Bridgestone Europe NV/SA (Zaventem, Belgium).

"Method for the treatment of cords for the reinforcing layers of pneumatic tires" was invented by Cristiano Pomposini (Rome) and Giacomo Andreini (Rome).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method for the treatment of single-filament polyethylene terephthalate cords for the reinforcing layers of a pneumatic tyre comprising (a) an adhesive solution coating step, wherein the single filament cord is immersed in an adhesive solution; (b) a drying step, wherein the cord covered in adhesive resin is held within a drying oven at a temperature of between 12deg and...