ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,279, issued on March 4, was assigned to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD. (Kobe, Japan).
"Motorcycle tire" was invented by Mamoru Nakagawa (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motorcycle tire includes a tread portion, sidewall portions, bead portions each with a bead core therein, a carcass, and a tread reinforcing layer arranged radially outwardly of the carcass and includes a belt layer and a band layer. The belt layer includes an inner belt ply and an outer belt ply. The band layer includes a band ply arranged between the inner and outer belt plies. The inner belt ply includes belt cords oriented at an angle greater than 5 ...