US Patent Issued to Bridgestone Europe NV/SA on Sept. 9 for "Method and application unit for applying a sound-absorbing material in an inner cavity of a pneumatic tire" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,624, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Bridgestone Europe NV/SA (Zaventem, Belgium).

"Method and application unit for applying a sound-absorbing material in an inner cavity of a pneumatic tire" was invented by Alessio Ciarnella (Rome) and Paolo Straffi (Rome).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method and application unit (3) for applying a sound-absorbing material (2) to an inner cavity of a pneumatic tyre (1). The following steps are provided: eliminating an excess end (5) of a strip (4) of sound-absorbing material (2); progressively separating a protective lining (7) from an adhesive layer (6) of the strip (4) as the strip (4) of soun...