ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,242, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD. (Kobe, Japan).
"Pneumatic tire" was invented by Naoya Suzuki (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire has a first sidewall portion having a reference surface and provided with a raised part. The raised part has a top surface having a second color. The tread portion is provided with shoulder lateral grooves and shoulder blocks The shoulder block has a first block wall surface inclined to the axially outer side toward the radially inner side from a first tread edge The radially inner edge of the first block wall surface is separated from the bottom surfac...