ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,302, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to The Yokohama Rubber Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Pneumatic tire" was invented by Masaaki Nagayasu (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pneumatic tire includes a tread portion molded by sectors divided in a tire circumferential direction. The pneumatic tire includes circumferential grooves, rows of land portions, and sipes. The circumferential grooves extend in the tire circumferential direction in the tread portion. The rows of land portions are defined by the circumferential grooves. The sipes extend in a tire width direction in at least one row of the rows of land portions. The sipes include...