ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,172, issued on April 14, was assigned to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD. (Kobe, Japan).
"Tire" was invented by Kosuke Nakano (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire has a tread portion provided with grooves including first oblique grooves, second oblique grooves, first shoulder longitudinal grooves, and first crown longitudinal grooves. Each first oblique groove terminates in conjunction with one of the second oblique grooves. Each second oblique groove terminates in conjunction with one of the first oblique grooves. The blocks include crown blocks, first shoulder blocks, and first middle blocks. Each block has a ground c...