ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,855, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Toyo Tire Corp. (Itami, Japan).
"Pneumatic tire" was invented by Kota Ono (Itami, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Occurrence of uneven wear in a tire having a plurality of blocks is suppressed. A pneumatic tire according to the present invention includes, on a tread, a first intermediate land area formed on an inner side in a tire axial direction of a first shoulder main groove and a second intermediate land area formed on an inner side in the tire axial direction of a second shoulder main groove. Each of a plurality of first intermediate blocks provided in the first intermediate land area...