ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,718, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH (Hannover, Germany).
"Pneumatic vehicle tyre with belt bandage" was invented by Michal Kovacik (Garbsen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire including a belt having a steel cord belt layer, and a bandage externally bearing radially on the belt. The bandage includes a rubber strip containing reinforcement cord. This rubber strip is wound about the belt at least from one axial belt end up to at least the other axial belt end, the ratio of the axial winding component to the circumferential winding component along the rubber strip is less than 0.01, and, ...