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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2017
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe-shi, JP;
Takuya Oji, Kobe, JP;
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Kobe-shi, JP;
Abstract
A tire includes a tread part having main grooves each continuously extending in a tire circumferential direction, and land portions demarcated by the main grooves. The tread part has a tread surface, each of the land portions has slots formed such that each of the slots is recessed from the tread surface and extending from a first end to a second end in a curve forming an arc shape, and each of the slots has an opening edge on the tread surface such that the opening edge is forming a crescent shape that is gradually increased in width from the first end and the second end toward a longitudinal direction central portion of each of the slots.