US Patent Issued to The Yokohama Rubber on Aug. 4 for "Tire" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,843, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to The Yokohama Rubber Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire includes a pair of bead cores, a carcass layer extending between the bead cores, and a belt layer disposed on an outer side of the carcass layer in a radial direction. A tire outer diameter OD (mm) is in a range 200less than equal toODless than equal to660. A total tire width SW (mm) is in a range 100less than equal toSWless than equal to400. A strength Tcs (N/50 mm) per a width of 50 mm of a carcass ply constituting the carcass layer ...