ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,385, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH (Hannover, Germany).
"Pneumatic vehicle tire with specified belt bandage" was invented by Wolfgang Reese (Peine, Germany) and Thomas Kramer (Herford, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pneumatic vehicle tire for passenger cars comprises a carcass, a tread, and a belt which has belt plies and which is covered radially outwardly by a belt bandage having strengthening elements oriented approximately in the circumferential direction, the belt bandage comprising at least one belt bandage ply each consisting of a central section and two lateral sections eac...