ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,818, issued on May 6, was assigned to PIRELLI TYRE S.p.A (Milan).

"Process and apparatus for manufacturing a metallic reinforcing cord for tyres for vehicle wheels" was invented by Simone Agresti (Milan), Guido Luigi Daghini (Milan) and Thomas Hanel (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a process and apparatus for manufacturing a metallic reinforcing cord for tyres for vehicle wheels comprising providing at least one elongated element comprising at least one metallic wire twisted together with at least one textile yarn and removing the at least one textile yarn from the at least one elongated element...