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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:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2014
Applicant:
Bridgestone Corporation, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/03 (2006.01); B60C 11/04 (2006.01); B60C 5/00 (2006.01); B60C 11/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/04 (2013.01); B60C 5/00 (2013.01); B60C 11/0302 (2013.01); B60C 11/0306 (2013.01); B60C 11/1263 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0346 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0351 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0388 (2013.01); B60C 2011/1213 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pneumatic tire includes a pair of circumferential grooves, a plurality of lateral grooves, and longitudinal grooves communicating between the lateral grooves on the outsides, in a tire width direction, of the circumferential grooves. Each lateral groove includes a lateral groove first portion, a lateral groove second portion disposed further outward, in the tire width direction, than the lateral groove first portion, and a lateral groove step portion connecting the lateral groove first portion and lateral groove second portion.