ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,247, issued on May 20, was assigned to The Yokohama Rubber Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Pneumatic tire" was invented by Kenji Horiuchi (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pneumatic tire includes side blocks in each of side regions adjacent to, on an outer side in a width direction, outermost side end portions of a tread portion in the width direction. For the number N1 and total area SS1 of the side blocks in a first side region located on a first side in the width direction, the number N2 and total area SS2 of the side blocks in a second side region located on a second side in the width direction, a land portion area TS1 in a fi...