ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,041, issued on July 1, was assigned to The Yokohama Rubber Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Pneumatic tire" was invented by Reika Tokunaga (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a pneumatic tire, a center land portion includes a plurality of center lug grooves and a plurality of center blocks. The plurality of center lug grooves penetrate the center land portion. The plurality of center blocks are defined by the plurality of center lug grooves. A middle land portion includes a plurality of middle lug grooves, a plurality of middle blocks, a notch portion, and a middle sipe. The plurality of middle lug grooves penetrate the middle land p...