ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,952, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio).
"Self sealing tire" was invented by Michael Lawrence Gersman (Cleveland), George Jim Papakonstantopoulos (Medina, Ohio) and Andreas Frantzen (Trier, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention reveals an uncured pneumatic tire which is comprised of a generally toroidal-shaped supporting carcass with an outer circumferential tread, two spaced beads, at least one ply extending from bead to bead, sidewalls extending radially from and connecting the tread to the beads, a sealant layer which is disposed inwardly from the supporting carcass, and...