ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,624, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to The Yokohama Rubber Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Pneumatic tire" was invented by Toyoaki Endo (Hiratsuka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tread portion of a pneumatic tire includes: an intermediate land portion being delimited by an inner circumferential main groove and an outer circumferential main groove on one side in a tire lateral direction across a tire center line as a boundary; and a side land portion adjoining the outer circumferential main groove and being provided outward of the outer circumferential main groove in the tire lateral direction. At least one land portion of the intermediate ...