ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,850, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD. (Kobe, Japan).
"Heavy duty tire" was invented by Masayuki Yoshino (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire 2 includes a pair of beads 10, a carcass 12, a pair of steel reinforcing layers 20, a pair of fiber reinforcing layers 26, and a tag member 28. Each bead 10 includes an apex 40. A carcass ply 48 included in the carcass 12 includes a ply body 50 and a pair of turned-up portions 52. An outer end PR1 of each fiber reinforcing layer 26 is located between an end PF of the turned-up portion 52 and an outer end PA of the apex 40. An RFID tag 62 of the tag...