US Patent Issued to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations on Sept. 8 for "Tire having tread of specified rubber composition and related methods" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,288, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Tire having tread of specified rubber composition and related methods" was invented by Justin James Styer (Munroe Falls, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are tires having a tread with improved stiffness made from a rubber composition of specified ingredients including an elastomer component, a resin component including a terpene phenol resin having a specified hydroxyl value and a DCPD-based resin, a filler component including reinforcing silica filler and carbon black, optionally a liquid plasticizer, and a cure ...