ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,954, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD. (Kobe, Japan).
"Pneumatic tire" was invented by Momoka Misaki (Kobe, Japan), Dong Miao (Kobe, Japan) and Hiroki Kawai (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a pneumatic tire excellent in steering stability and fuel efficiency at high-speed driving, it is provided a pneumatic tire having a tread portion with a circumferential groove and a belt layer, wherein a monofilament cord is used as a reinforcing cord for the belt layer; the number of arrangements e (lines/5 cm) of the monofilament cords arranged per 5 cm in the tire width direction in the ti...