ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,058, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to PIRELLI TYRE S.P.A. (Milan).
"Vehicle wheel tyre" was invented by Giovanni Casarotto (Milan), Riccardo Guerra (Milan) and Diego Ettore Speziari (Milan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle wheel tyre comprises a tread band, a tread surface, a plurality of blocks defined on the tread band, and at least one sipe formed on at least one of the blocks. The at least one sipe is open on a tread surface portion and at least on one first edge of the block, to define at least one first edge portion and at least one second edge portion adjacent to each other and at least partially bounded by the sipe. ...