ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,777, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD. (Hyogo, Japan).
"Motorcycle tire" was invented by Ryosuke Morimura (Hyogo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motorcycle tire comprises a tread portion having a first tread edge, a second tread edge and a ground contacting surface. The ground contacting surface comprises a first ground contacting surface from the tire equator to the first tread edge. When the first ground contacting surface is equally axially divided into a first, a second, a third, a fourth and a fifth zone in order from the tire equator to the first tread edge, a land ratio of the second zo...