ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,921, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD. (Kobe, Japan).
"Tire" was invented by Tokuhito Nakajima (Kobe, Japan) and Isao Sawakami (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire can include beads, a carcass, sidewall layers, a tread, a belt, and a band. A carcass ply of the carcass can include a ply body and a pair of turned-up portions. An end of each turned-up portion can be located axially inward of an end of the belt. A ratio of a thickness from the carcass to an outer surface of the tire along a first normal line to a thickness from the carcass to the outer surface of the tire along a second norm...