ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,252, issued on May 20, was assigned to The Yokohama Rubber Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Pneumatic tire" was invented by Ryohei Takemori (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a pneumatic tire including a bead core, a first bead filler on an outer circumference of the bead core, a carcass turned up from an inner side to an outer side around the bead core and the first bead filler), and a second bead filler on an outer side of a turned up portion of the carcass, a height of an upper end of the first bead filler is 10%-30% of a cross-sectional height, a turned up end of the carcass is on a radially outer side of a maximum width positi...