ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,512, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD. (Hyogo, Japan).
"Motorcycle tire set" was invented by Masafumi Otani (Hyogo, Japan) and Ryota Sato (Hyogo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motorcycle tire set includes a front wheel tire and a rear wheel tire each provided with a plurality of inclined grooves. Each inclined groove includes a first portion extending in a crown region, a second portion extending in a shoulder region, and a third portion connecting the first portion and the second portion. Each third portion includes a first groove edge located on a leading edge side in a tire rotation directio...