ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,229, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to The Yokohama Rubber Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Pneumatic tire and vehicle" was invented by Atsushi Tanno (Hiratsuka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pneumatic tire includes a carcass portion, a belt layer, a tread portion including a tread rubber, and a sidewall portion including a sidewall rubber. The tread portion includes a center portion, shoulder portions disposed on both sides of the center portion, and a lug groove disposed at the shoulder portions and extending outward of a ground contact edge portion of the tread portion. A shoulder region is defined between the ground contact edge portio...