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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2017
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Masaya Mita, Hiratsuka, JP;
The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A tread pattern of a pneumatic tire includes an inner circumferential main groove and an outer circumferential main groove that have groove walls extending in a tire circumferential direction while the angle of the groove walls relative to a contact surface varies with a predetermined amplitude, an inner lug groove extending from the inner circumferential main groove toward the outer circumferential main groove, an outer lug groove extending from the outer circumferential main groove toward the inner circumferential main groove, and a sipe configured to communicate the inner lug groove with the outer lug groove. A pair of chamfered surfaces are provided on walls of the sipe along an extension direction of the sipe on the contact surface.