ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,843, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to BRIDGESTONE Corp. (Tokyo).
"Tire" was invented by Sho Fukuzaki (Tokyo) and Yuya Suda (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the pneumatic tire, at least a portion including outside end in a tire width direction of a ground contacted surface of the block is a round toward a tire radial direction inside as the portion toward the tire width direction outside. The height difference from a peak portion of tire radial direction most outside of the block to outside end in the tire width direction of at least one of the blocks varies with a width of the block."
The patent was filed on Oct. 17, 2022,...