ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,842, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to The Yokohama Rubber Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Tire" was invented by Masayuki Fujishiro (Kanagawa, Japan), Hiraku Koda (Kanagawa, Japan) and Haruka Tateno (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a tire, a tire outer diameter OD is in a range 200 mmless than equal toODless than equal to660 mm. A total tire width SW is in a range 100 mmless than equal toSWless than equal to400 mm. A carcass layer is formed by layering two layers of carcass plies formed by covering organic fiber cords with coating rubbers. The organic fiber cords of the two layers of the carcass plies have cord angles in a range ...