ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,599, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to BRIDGESTONE Corp. (Tokyo).

"Rubber composition for base tread and tire" was invented by Shoko Suzuki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a rubber composition for base tread which can provide excellent steering stability and rolling resistance and improve pass-by noise properties when applied to a tire. The present disclosure discloses a rubber composition for base tread to be used for base tread of a tread portion of a tire, where a ratio of storage modulus at 0deg C. (0deg C. E') to storage modulus at 30deg C. (30deg C. E') (0deg C. E'/30deg C. E') is in a range of 1.3 to 2.0." ...