ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,062, issued on March 3, was assigned to Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (Hyogo, Japan).
"Heavy duty tire" was invented by Atsushi Hibino (Kobe, Japan) and Kae Ito (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a heavy duty tire 2 that can suppress a decrease in durability due to the provision of a band can achieve improvement of uneven wear resistance. The tire 2 includes a reinforcing layer 20 and a tread 4. The tread 4 has shoulder circumferential grooves 34. The reinforcing layer 20 includes a belt 52 and a band 54. The belt 52 includes an inner belt ply 74 and an outer belt ply 76. The band 54 includes a full band 66. Th...