ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,857, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD. (Kobe, Japan).
"Tire" was invented by Naoya Suzuki (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire has a sidewall portion provided with a protrusion which includes a radially outer design portion, a mark portion and a radially inner design portion. The radially outer design portion has a radially inward contour portion comprising radially inward peak points protruding radially inward. The radially inner design portion is spaced apart from the mark portion in the tire circumferential direction. The radially inner design portion includes a radially outward conto...