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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2016
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Kaori Tanaka, Kobe, JP;
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Kobe-Shi, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A heavy duty pneumatic tire includes a tread portion provided with a zigzag central main groove having zigzag pitches of from 40 to 50. The central main groove includes a bottom and a pair of groove walls. Each groove wall includes a bottom side steep sloped portion and a top side gentle sloped portion. The steep sloped portion includes a height of from 10% to 35% of a depth of the central main groove and an angle of from 0 to 10 degrees with respect to a tire normal line of a tread ground-contact surface. The gentle sloped portion extends radially outwardly from the steep sloped portion. Each groove wall includes an internal corner protruding and an external corner, and the angle of the gentle sloped portion decreases in a range of from 15 to 25 degrees from the internal corner toward the external corner.
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