US Patent Issued to Sumitomo Rubber Industries on July 14 for "Tire" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,146, issued on July 14, was assigned to Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (Hyogo, Japan).

"Tire" was invented by Masahiro Yao (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire that allows enhancement of running performance on a deep snow road surface is provided. A tire 1 includes a first shoulder block 3. The first shoulder block 3 includes a first tread surface 5 extending inward from a first tread end T1 in the tire axial direction, a first side surface 6 extending inward from the first tread end T1 in the tire radial direction, and a second tread surface 7 extending outward from the first side surface 6 in the tire axial direction...