ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,094, issued on June 3, was assigned to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD. (Hyogo, Japan).
"Tire" was invented by Tomohisa Kuriyama (Hyogo, Japan), Ryota Ikeda (Hyogo, Japan), Chisato Omori (Hyogo, Japan), Kohei Miyoshi (Hyogo, Japan) and Hiroaki Koga (Hyogo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire includes a tread portion including first and second tread edges, circumferential grooves, and land portions. The land portions include a crown land portion, a first middle land portion, and a second middle land portion. Under a 50% loaded condition, the first middle land portion, the crown land portion, and the second middle land portion re...