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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2017
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Takashi Okada, Kobe, JP;
Yoshifumi Kawagoe, Kobe, JP;
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Kobe-Shi, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A tireincludes shoulder regionseach provided with first lateral groovesand second lateral grooves. Each of the first lateral groovesincludes an inner portionthat extends axially outwardly from an inner end () arranged axially outside a crown main groovewith a space therebetween and obliquely at an angle θwith respect to the tire axial direction, and an outer portionthat extends obliquely at an angle θsmaller than the angle θwith respect to the tire axial direction so as to cross a tread edge (Te). Each of the second lateral groovesis arranged between adjacent first lateral grooves and extends axially outwardly from an inner end () thereof arranged axially outside the crown main groove and obliquely in the same direction as the first lateral groovesso as to terminate without reaching the tread edge (Te).