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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2016
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Kobe-Shi, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A pneumatic tire include a tread portion with a designated installing direction to a vehicle to define an outboard tread edge and an inboard tread edge, the tread portion including an inboard portion defined between the inboard tread edge and a tire equator and an outboard portion defined between the outboard tread edge and the tire equator. The inboard portion is provided with a circumferentially and continuously extending first main groove and a circumferentially and continuously extending second main groove arranged between the first main groove and the inboard tread edge. An axial distance from the tire equator to a centerline of the second main groove is in a range of from 0.35 to 0.75 times of a width of the inboard portion. No circumferentially and continuously extending main grooves are provided with the outboard portion.