ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,490, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Bridgestone Bandag LLC (Nashville, Tenn.).
"Systems and methods for sipe patterns" was invented by Logan M. Koepke (Muscatine, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire tread is provided. The tire tread includes a plurality of tread elements positioned on a tire tread surface so as to comprise a tread pattern. The tire tread also includes a plurality of grooves provided between the plurality of tread elements. A first set of sipes is provided to the tire tread, the first set of sipes extending from a longitudinal axis of the tire tread and toward a first edge of the tire tread at a first non...