ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,054, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to PIRELLI TYRE S.p.A. (Milan).
"Tyre for commercial vehicle wheels" was invented by Stefano Montesello (Milan), Carlo Raffaele Elvio Ravizza (Milan) and Diego Ettore Speziari (Milan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Tyre (1) particularly suitable for applications for commercial vehicles, comprising a tread band (2) which has a plurality of blocks (7, 8) facing each other in pairs and delimited in a circumferential and/or axial direction by a first plurality of main grooves (10, 20) which extend continuously up to the opposite shoulder regions (4, 5) starting from the central region (6), where they a...