US Patent Issued to Toyo Tire on Oct. 27 for "Resin composition for tires and pneumatic tire" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,877, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Toyo Tire Corp. (Itami, Japan).

"Resin composition for tires and pneumatic tire" was invented by Yuuki Ikeuchi (Itami, Japan) and Norio Minouchi (Itami, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rubber composition for tires, comprising a rubber component and a vegetable oil wherein the vegetable oil contains palmitic acid and oleic acid in a mass ratio ((palmitic acid)/(oleic acid)) of 0.65 or more and 1.2 or less. It is preferred that the vegetable oil is palm oil. It is more preferred that the vegetable oil has an iodine value of 50 or more and 75 or less. It is more preferred that the vegetable...