US Patent Issued to The Yokohama Rubber on May 12 for "Pneumatic tire" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,494, issued on May 12, was assigned to The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Pneumatic tire" was invented by Haruna Mizushima (Hiratsuka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pneumatic tire includes circumferential main and narrow grooves, shoulder and second land portions, and closed lug grooves. The circumferential main groove is in a region outer side in a width direction demarcated by an equatorial plane. The circumferential narrow groove is outward of the circumferential main groove in a width direction. The shoulder and second land portions are defined by the circumferential main and narrow grooves. The closed lug grooves ext...