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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2017
Applicant:
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Kobe-Shi, Hyogo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/04 (2006.01); B60C 11/13 (2006.01); B60C 11/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/1307 (2013.01); B60C 11/0304 (2013.01); B60C 11/045 (2013.01); B60C 2011/1338 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle tire includes a tread portion provided in the tread surface with a circumferentially continuously extending groove having a bottom and a pair of opposite side walls, wherein at least one of the side walls is provided with protrusions protruding into the groove and arranged in the tire circumferential direction. The protrusion has a gradually increasing part in which the area of the cross section of the protrusion being parallel with the tread surface is gradually increased toward the radially outer side of the tire.