ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,591, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to BRIDGESTONE Corp. (Tokyo).
"Tire" was invented by Nobuyuki Onizuka (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The tire 1 according to this disclosure is a tire having a carcass 3 comprised of at least one carcass ply 3a extending between a pair of bead portions 13 through a pair of sidewall portions 12. The tire 1 comprises: a conductive member 21 embedded in a tire side portion 14 comprised of the sidewall portion 12 and the bead portion 13, either outside or inside the carcass 3 in the tire width direction, and extending over at least partial area in the tire circumferential direction and at least...