ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,623, issued on May 27, was assigned to PIRELLI TYRE S.P.A. (Milan).
"Plant for building tyres for vehicle wheels" was invented by Albert Berenguer (Milan), Christian De Col (Milan), Gianni Enrico Portinari (Milan) and Stefano Testi (Milan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plant for building tyres for vehicle wheels is described. The plant includes a crown structure building for building crown structures on second stage forming drums, a carcass structure building line for building carcass structures on first stage forming drums, a shaping and assembly station, a first manipulator, and a second manipulator. The first manipulator is conf...