ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,683, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD. (Kobe, Japan).
"Pneumatic tire" was invented by Daiki Imai (Kobe, Japan), Rena Onitsuka (Kobe, Japan), Suxiang Yuan (Kobe, Japan) and Junya Sueno (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pneumatic tire includes a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions, a pair of bead portions, a carcass extending between the pair of bead portions, and an inner rubber extending between the pair of bead portions on an inner side of the carcass. The inner rubber includes a first portion extending in the tread portion with a first thickness and a second portion extending in ea...