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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2015
Applicant:
Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Shinichi Kaji, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD., Itami-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/13 (2006.01); B60C 11/03 (2006.01); B60C 11/11 (2006.01); B60C 11/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/032 (2013.01); B60C 11/11 (2013.01); B60C 11/1323 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0358 (2013.01); B60C 2011/1245 (2013.01); B60C 2011/1254 (2013.01); B60C 2011/1338 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a pneumatic tire where grooves and blocks defined by the grooves are formed on a tread portion, wherein the block includes: a ground contact surface; a hole portion formed in a center portion of the ground contact surface; and sipes extending radially from the hole portion which is the center of radial extension of the sipes, and the sipes are formed such that inner ends of the sipes in a radial direction terminate at a position away from the hole portion, and outer ends of the sipes in the radial direction terminate within the block.