ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,057, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to HANKOOK TIRE & TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Seongnam-si, South Korea).
"Noise-reducing tire" was invented by Jong Hoon Seo (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to reduce noise energy, an embodiment provides a noise-reducing tire including lateral grooves 30 formed in the lateral direction from the longitudinal grooves 20 towards the sidewall 5, the lateral grooves 30 widening in width towards the sidewall 5."
The patent was filed on Sept. 25, 2023, under Application No. 18/473,865.
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