US Patent Issued to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations on Feb. 11 for "Tire tread band with shim layers" (Ohio, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,953, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Tire tread band with shim layers" was invented by Nihar N. Raje (Nashville, Tenn.), Bradley S. Plotner (Canton, Ohio) and Benjamin E. Rimai (Copley, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-pneumatic tire includes an inner ring having an axis of rotation and an outer ring coaxial with the inner ring. The non-pneumatic tire further includes support structure extending from the inner ring to the outer ring and a circumferential tread extending about the outer ring. The circumferential tread includes a shear element. The shear element ...