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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2018
Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd., Itami, JP;
Shingo Kuwano, Itami, JP;
TOYO TIRE CORPORATION, Itami, JP;
Abstract
A pneumatic tire includes a plurality of main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction, and a plurality of land portions that are partitioned by the plurality of main grooves; the plurality of land portions include at least one shoulder land portion arranged in outwardmost fashion in a tire width direction; the at least one shoulder land portion comprises a plurality of width grooves of groove width not less than 2 mm; and at least one of the plurality of width grooves extends as far as an outside end in the tire width direction of the at least one shoulder land portion and comprises, at a location toward the exterior in the tire width direction from a contact patch end, a wide portion at which groove width increases toward a groove bottom.