ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,910, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to The Yokohama Rubber Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Tire" was invented by Kento Ishizu (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yoshifumi Koishikawa (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a tire, width direction edges of lands corresponding to edges of lug grooves include width direction bent portions bent in a circumferential direction. Width direction bent portions closest to a land center portion line and disposed on outer and inner sides in a width direction are outer and inner bent portions, respectively. The lands have a width w1 in the width direction from the outermost side position to the outer bent porti...