ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,028, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to BRIDGESTONE Corp. (Tokyo).
"Wheel with multiple resilient tires" was invented by Yoshihide Kouno (Tokyo) and Seiji Kon (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle wheel includes two annular rim members, at least one annular flange member disposed between the two rim members, a securing member that secures relative positional relationship between adjacent members among the two rim members and the at least one flange member, a plurality of body springs that each connects adjacent members among the two rim members and the at least one flange member, and a plurality of linking springs linked to...