US Patent Issued to The Goodyear Tire & Rubber on Sept. 23 for "Self-sealing pneumatic tire with noise suppression characteristics" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,507, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio).

"Self-sealing pneumatic tire with noise suppression characteristics" was invented by George Jim Papakonstantopoulos (Medina, Ohio), Michael Lawrence Gersman (Cleveland) and Robin Lamgaday (Copley, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The pneumatic tires of this invention are of the tubeless type, are capable of self-sealing punctures made therein, and generate a low level of noise during use on a vehicle. These tires have a sealant/noise reduction layer which is disposed inwardly from the supporting carcass and which is typically the innermost laye...