US Patent Issued to The Yokohama Rubber on Sept. 1 for "Tire" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,427, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to The Yokohama Rubber Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Tire" was invented by Shun Sato (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire includes a tread portion that includes a center main groove, an outer main groove provided on an outer side in a tire width direction of the center main groove, and a lug groove extending in a direction intersecting with both main grooves. The center main groove has a zigzag shape in which a first linear portion and a second linear portion are alternately connected. The outer main groove has a zigzag shape in which a long linear portion and a short linear portion are alt...