ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,682, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Pneumatic tire" was invented by Hideki Hamanaka (Hiratsuka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pneumatic tire comprises a carcass layer, a belt layer radially outward of the carcass layer, and a tread rubber radially outward of the belt layer. The belt layer is formed by laminating a large angle belt having a belt-cord angle of 45deg-70deg, a pair of cross belts having belt cord angles of 10deg-45deg with opposite sign belt cord angles, and a reinforcing layer having a belt cord angle satisfying plus-minus5deg relative to a circumferential direction. A r...