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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2017
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hiraku Kouda, Hiratsuka, JP;
Takayuki Shiraishi, Hiratsuka, JP;
Tatsuro Shinzawa, Hiratsuka, JP;
Takanori Uemura, Hiratsuka, JP;
The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a pneumatic tire, a sipe includes an edge on a leading side and an edge on a trailing side; the edge and the edge each include a chamfered portion shorter than a sipe length of the sipe; a non-chamfered region in which other chamfered portions are not present is provided at portions facing the chamfered portions of the sipe; and for all chamfered portions, including at least the chamfered portions of the sipe, formed on grooves other than main grooves, with a ground contact width being equally divided into three in the tire lateral direction, a total volume Sof chamfered portions provided in a center region centrally located in the tire lateral direction and each of total volumes Sof chamfered portions provided in shoulder regions located on either side of the center region satisfy a relationship S<S.