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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2018
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Hamanaka, Hiratsuka, JP;
Abstract
A pneumatic tire includes at least four circumferential main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction and at least five land portions defined by the at least four circumferential main grooves. A center land portion includes a plurality of center lug grooves extending through the center land portion in a tire lateral direction and disposed at predetermined intervals in the tire circumferential direction, and a plurality of center blocks that are defined by the plurality of center lug grooves. The center blocks each include a narrow shallow groove that extends through the center block in the tire lateral direction and that remains open when the tire comes into contact with the ground.