ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,833, issued on July 29, was assigned to Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH (Hannover, Germany).

"Rubberized strength member for elastomeric products, in particular vehicle tyres, wherein the strength member has at least one first yarn, method for producing the rubberized strength member, and vehicle tyre having at least one rubberized strength member" was invented by Thomas Kramer (Herford, Germany), Nermeen Nabih (Hannover, Germany), Wolfgang Reese (Peine, Germany) and Michael Schunack (Hannover, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a rubberized strength member for elastomeric products, especially vehicle...