US Patent Issued to The Yokohama Rubber on July 1 for "Pneumatic tire" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,039, issued on July 1, was assigned to The Yokohama Rubber Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Pneumatic tire" was invented by Ryosuke Nukushina (Hiratsuka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pneumatic tire includes: a center main groove extending in a tire circumferential direction; a center land portion defined by the center main groove; a second land portion adjacent to the center land portion across the center main groove; and a second lug groove extending from the center main groove toward the second land portion in a tire lateral direction and defining the second land portion together with the center main groove; the center main groove inclu...