ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,862, issued on March 25, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont Ferrand, France).
"Motorcycle tire" was invented by Jonathan Lejeune (Clermont-Ferrand, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire for two-wheeled motorized vehicle having tread connected by sidewalls to beads, each having circumferential reinforcing bead wire, each contacting a rim on which the tire is mounted, the tire has an indicator system of a plurality of cavities formed on tread surface, each cavity having maximum depth less than 1 mm and average width of less than 3 mm, and arranged in a plurality of circumferential sets of c...