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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
May. 09, 2014
Applicant:
Bridgestone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kentaro Saeki, Tokorozawa, JP;
Assignee:
BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/12 (2006.01); B60C 11/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/1218 (2013.01); B60C 11/0327 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0334 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0341 (2013.01); B60C 2011/1209 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pneumatic tire includes: a plurality of land portions; and in at least one land portion of the plurality of land portions, a sipe extending in the tread width direction, of which ends open at the circumferential grooves or the tread ends. The sipe has at least one bent portion extending continuously in the extending direction of the sipe from one of the end regions of the sipe to the other end region in the depth direction of the sipe. The at least one bent portion is located on the outer side in the tire radial direction in the center region than in the end regions.