US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES on Oct. 14 for "Tire" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,139, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD. (Kobe, Japan).

"Tire" was invented by Akiko Miura (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The tire includes a tread portion provided with a first tread edge, a shoulder circumferential groove, and a shoulder land region. The shoulder land region includes an inner area demarcated axially inside from a center position in the tire axial direction of the shoulder land region, an outer area demarcated axially outside from the center position, and a plurality of shoulder axial grooves extending in the tire axial direction at least in the outer area. In a standard t...