US Patent Issued to THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER on Sept. 8 for "Tire tread with a bottom groove and a reinforcing structure with angles" (Luxembourger Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,674, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY (Akron, Ohio).

"Tire tread with a bottom groove and a reinforcing structure with angles" was invented by Lionel Jean-Marie Bortolet (Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg), Julien Caroux (Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg) and Dorian Boluix (Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire tread comprising: a first tread element with a first radially outermost surface, a second tread element with a second radially outermost surface, a groove between the first tread element and the second tread element. The groove comprises a first section with a side surface which is inc...