ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,253, issued on May 20, was assigned to The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio).
"Pneumatic tire" was invented by Jean-Claude Patrice Philippe Griffoin (Mertzig, Luxembourg), Bodo Ahrens (Trier, Germany), Adrian Florin Nicula (Luxembourg) and Andreas Frantzen (Trier, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire comprising a tread portion, two bead portions, two sidewalls extending between the tread portion and the respective bead portions, an inner surface defining a tire cavity, a sealant material layer covering the inner surface radially below the tread portion within the tire cav...