Toyo Tire Corporation

Toshihiko Kanamura

Kensuke Shibayama

In a pneumatic tire, a plurality of lands include a first land, the first land comprises a plurality of circumferential grooves that extend in a tire circumferential direction and that are arrayed in a tire axial direction, the plurality of circumferential grooves are respectively arranged at portions in the tire circumferential direction of the first land, the plurality of circumferential grooves include a first circumferential groove which is arranged in inwardmost fashion in the tire axial direction, and a second circumferential groove which is arranged in outwardmost fashion in the tire axial direction, and as viewed in a tire meridional section, an inner space area of the first circumferential groove is greater than an inner space area of the second circumferential groove.

Pneumatic tire

In a pneumatic tire, a tread comprises a plurality of main grooves including a first main groove that extends in straight fashion in a tire circumferential direction, and at least one first recess that is recessed toward a first side in a tire axial direction from the first main groove and that is arranged at a portion in the tire circumferential direction of the first main groove, and the at least one first recess comprises a first recess side face that is planar and that extends toward an interior in a tire radial direction from the tread surface, and a first recess bottom that is planar and that extends toward the first side in the tire axial direction from the first main groove so as to intersect the first recess side face.

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Itami, Japan

Toshihiko Kanamura