ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,675, issued on March 17, was assigned to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD. (Kobe, Japan).
"Tire" was invented by Yuichi Ishigaki (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire can include a pair of beads, a carcass, a pair of protective rubber layers, and a pair of reinforcing rubber layers. A carcass ply of the carcass can include a ply body and a pair of turned-up portions. Each reinforcing rubber layer can be between the turned-up portion and the protective rubber layer. An outer end of an apex of each bead can be between an outer end and an inner end of the reinforcing rubber layer in a radial direction. A thickness of the pro...