US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES on May 12 for "Heavy duty tire" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,492, issued on May 12, was assigned to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD. (Kobe, Japan).

"Heavy duty tire" was invented by Riho Fujii (Kobe, Japan) and Kae Ito (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire includes a reinforcing layer positioned between a carcass and a tread. The reinforcing layer includes a belt and a band. The belt includes an inner belt ply and an outer belt ply. An inclination direction of the belt cords included in the inner belt ply is opposite to an inclination direction of the belt cords included in the outer belt ply. The band includes a full band obtained by spirally winding a full band strip. The full ban...