ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,839, issued on July 29, was assigned to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD. (Kobe, Japan).
"Tire" was invented by Yuya Meguro (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire includes a tread portion being provided with a first circumferential groove extending continuously in the tire circumferential direction, and a first land portion adjacent to the first circumferential groove. The first land portion includes a ground contact surface, a land sidewall on a first circumferential groove side, and a recess that opens across both the ground contact surface and the land sidewall. The recess has an opening defined by a V-shaped first edge ...