ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,848, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to The Yokohama Rubber Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Pneumatic tire" was invented by Natsumi Takahashi (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pneumatic tire includes chamfered sipes in a land portion each including a chamfered portion, and non-chamfered sipes in the land portion each not including the chamfered portion. The chamfered sipe includes one end communicating with the main groove that defines the land portion and the other end terminating within the land portion. The chamfered and non-chamfered sipes are alternately disposed in the circumferential direction. Of the non-chamfered sipes on...