US Patent Issued to NOKIAN RENKAAT on July 21 for "Studded tyre having reduced road wear" (Finnish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,235, issued on July 21, was assigned to NOKIAN RENKAAT OYJ (Nokia, Finland).

"Studded tyre having reduced road wear" was invented by Mikko Liukkula (Nokia, Finland), Lauri Heikkinen (Nokia, Finland), Aappo Laitila (Nokia, Finland), Noora Kemppainen (Nokia, Finland), Alexandra Shakun (Nokia, Finland), Juoko Ilomaki (Nokia, Finland) and Jarkko Kulmala (Nokia, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tyre (200) includes a tread (210) and multiple studs (100) in the tread (210) such that at least pins (110) of the studs (100) are exposed on the tread (210). The tyre (200) is configured such that a load index (LI) of the tyre (200) as def...