ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,623, issued on May 13, was assigned to The Yokohama Rubber Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Run-flat tire" was invented by Ryohei Takemori (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a run-flat tire. A first bead filler is disposed on an outer circumferential side of a bead core, a second bead filler is disposed on an outer side in a tire width direction of a turned up portion of the carcass layer along the turned up portion of the carcass layer, and a thickness G on a first reference line of a side reinforcing layer, a thickness G1 on a second reference line of the side reinforcing layer, and a thickness G2 on a third reference li...