US Patent Issued to PIRELLI TYRE on Oct. 14 for "Process and plant for producing tyres for vehicle wheels" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,071, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to PIRELLI TYRE S.P.A. (Milan).

"Process and plant for producing tyres for vehicle wheels" was invented by Davide Conti (Milan), Christian De Col (Milan) and Gianni Enrico Portinari (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process and a plant for producing tyres for vehicle wheels are described. Building of a crown structure of the tyre includes building a crossed belt structure on a substantially cylindrical first forming drum, transferring the crossed belt structure from the first forming drum to an annular holding member, positioning a second forming drum in a radially inner position with respec...