ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,596, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to The Yokohama Rubber Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Pneumatic tire" was invented by Koji Nishio (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a pneumatic tire in which fiber reinforced layers on an outer side of a steel reinforced layer in a width direction each include fiber cords arranged in one direction, the fiber cords being oriented to cross each other between layers, a radially outer end of one of the fiber reinforced layers being radially outward of a turned-up end portion of a carcass layer, a radially outer end portion of another one of the fiber reinforced layers being radially in...