ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,249, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to The Yokohama Rubber Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Pneumatic tire" was invented by Shun Sato (Hiratsuka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A projecting pedestal is provided on a surface of a sidewall portion of a pneumatic tire. The projecting pedestal projects along the surface and includes a projecting front-end surface formed of a flat surface. A two-dimensional code is provided on the flat surface of the projecting pedestal. A normal line direction of the flat surface is inclined toward a rotation axis of the pneumatic tire at an angle ranging from 10 degrees to 45 degrees with respect to a tire lat...