US Patent Issued to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations on June 17 for "Tire with emerging snow feature" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,453, issued on June 17, was assigned to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Tire with emerging snow feature" was invented by David M. Severyn (North Canton, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire includes a circumferential tread extending in a circumferential direction circumscribing an axis of rotation. The circumferential tread includes a transverse groove having a plurality of protrusions protruding from a bottom portion of the transverse groove. One or more of a depth, a width, and a length of the transverse groove decreases in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation. The plurality of protrusion...