ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,264, issued on March 24, was assigned to The Yokohama Rubber Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Pneumatic tire" was invented by Masahiro Naruse (Hiratsuka, Japan) and Takashi Hoshiba (Hiratsuka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion extending in a tire circumferential direction and having an annular shape; a pair of sidewall portions disposed on opposite sides of the tread portion; and a pair of bead portions disposed inward of the sidewall portions in a tire radial direction; wherein a sound absorbing member is fixed via an adhesive layer to an inner surface of the tread portion along the tire circumferent...