US Patent Issued to PIRELLI TYRE on Feb. 10 for "Tires for vehicle wheels" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,053, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to PIRELLI TYRE S.p.A. (Milan).

"Tires for vehicle wheels" was invented by Luciano Tadiello (Milan), Luca Giannini (Milan) and Silvia Guerra (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a tire for vehicle wheels comprising at least one structural component comprising at least one reinforcing element comprising an elongate member coated with, or embedded in, a vulcanised elastomeric compound obtained by vulcanising an elastomeric composition comprising per 100 phr of diene elastomeric polymer: (i) a predispersion of a diene elastomeric polymer and lignin, in an amount to p...