ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,706, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to APOLLO TYRES GLOBAL R&D B.V. (Enschede, Netherlands).
"Pneumatic tyre with tread wear indicator" was invented by Antonius Theodore Folkert Aelberts (Enschede, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is provided a pneumatic tyre, comprising: a tread having a circumferential direction, an axial direction, and a radial direction, the tread having a tread surface to come into contact with the ground and at least one circumferential groove which extends continuously in the circumferential direction, the at least one circumferential groove having a groove base, and at least one groove sidewall co...