US Patent Issued to The Yokohama Rubber on Oct. 27 for "Pneumatic tire" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,879, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to The Yokohama Rubber Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Pneumatic tire" was invented by Takanori Uemura (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a pneumatic tire capable of providing improved steering stability performance on dry road surfaces and improved steering stability performance on wet road surfaces in a compatible manner. A sipe (12) includes at least one end communicating with a main groove (9) and a chamfered portion (13) in at least one edge, and the chamfered portion (13) includes at least one end open to the main groove (9). In a meridian cross-sectional view, a profile line (L1...