ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,509, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio).
"Aircraft tire with zoned tread" was invented by Frank Anthony Kmiecik (Akron, Ohio), Allen Todd Mathis (Cleveland) and Bret Herbert Marts (Akron, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a pneumatic tire having a tire tread with a ground engaging outer surface. The tread further has a first or central tread zone located on the central or crown portion of the tread and formed of a first rubber compound. Additionally, the tread has a second or shoulder tread zone located axially outward of the first or central tread zone on each later...