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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2015
Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd., Kobe-shi, JP;
Shinya Kimura, Kobe, JP;
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD., Kobe-shi, JP;
Abstract
A pneumatic tire includes a tread having a first tread edge, main grooves in tire circumferential direction, lands bordered by the main grooves, and lateral grooves crossing through the lands. Each land includes a first section having the first tread edge, a second section adjacent to an inner side of the first section, and a third section adjacent to an inner side of the second section, each lateral groove includes first, second and third grooves in the sections, respectively, each lateral groove has an outer portion that extends from first tread-edge side land periphery and a sipe portion that is connected to the outer portion and extends to the other land periphery opposite a first tread-edge side, and the lateral grooves satisfy A>A>Aand B<B<B, where A, Aand Arepresent axial lengths of the outer portions, and B, Band Brepresent axial lengths of the sipe portions.