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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2019
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
An outer shoulder land region includes first shoulder lateral grooves each extending axially inwardly from an outer tread ground contact edge to have a first inner end in the tyre axial direction within the outer shoulder land region, first outer shoulder lateral sipes each connecting between the first inner end and an outer shoulder main groove, and second outer shoulder lateral sipes each extending axially inwardly from the outer tread ground contact edge to have a second inner end positioned on an axially outer side of the first inner ends. An outer middle land region includes outer middle lateral sipes each smoothly connected with the respective first outer shoulder lateral sipe with the outer shoulder main groove therebetween. Each of the outer middle lateral sipes connects between the outer shoulder main groove and an outer crown main groove and has a third inner end within the outer middle land region.