ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,230, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD. (Hyogo, Japan).
"Tire" was invented by Takahiro Kawachi (Hyogo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a tire having a good balance of fuel efficiency, chipping resistance, and steering stability."
The patent was filed on May 26, 2021, under Application No. 17/330,816.
*For further information, including images, charts and tables, please visit: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=12215230&OS=12215230&RS=12215230
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