ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,620, issued on May 13, was assigned to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD. (Hyogo, Japan).
"Tire" was invented by Shuichiro Ono (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the invention is to provide a tire having little change in riding comfort performance and wet performance before and after wear of the tread part and in which riding comfort performance and wet performance as when the tire is newly used are maintained. The fire comprises a tread being composed of a rubber layer in which there is little change in hardness after thermal deterioration and having a groove shape such that a sea ratio after wear with respect to ...