ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,616, issued on March 31, was assigned to Bridgestone Europe NV/SA (Zaventem, Belgium).
"Tire" was invented by Gerardo Del Guercio (Rome) and Mattia Giustiniano (Rome).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tyre tread (10) has a groove (12) having a snow trapping device in the form of a dam (14) in it. The dam (14) is attached to a bottom wall (16) of the groove (12), and to side walls (18, 20) of the groove (12). The dam (14) has a first, snow trapping surface (22) and a second, inclined surface (24) which face in opposite sides in the groove longitudinal direction. The second, inclined surface (24) directs the flow of water away from the ...