ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,308, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to BRIDGESTONE EUROPE NV/SA (Zaventem, Belgium).
"Pneumatic tire equipped with a transponder" was invented by Marco Pedrinelli (Rome), Emiliano Sabetti (Rome), Mauro Mirabile (Rome) and Emanuele Rosa (Rome).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pneumatic tire includes: a body ply partially collapsed onto itself and therefore having two lateral flaps, in each of which an edge of the body ply rests against an intermediate portion of the body ply itself; two annular beads, each of which is surrounded by the body ply and comprises a bead core and a bead filler; an annular tread; a pair of sidewalls arranged a...