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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Inventor:
Shinsuke Yukami, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/03 (2006.01); B60C 11/13 (2006.01); B60C 11/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/0306 (2013.01); B60C 11/12 (2013.01); B60C 11/1369 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0346 (2013.01); B60C 2011/133 (2013.01); B60C 2011/1361 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tire includes a tread portion including a circumferential groove and a land portion defined by the circumferential groove, the land portion including a land sidewall facing the circumferential groove. The land sidewall includes a first surface, a second surface located on a groove centerline side of the circumferential groove with respect to the first surface, and a stair portion formed between the first surface and the second surface. The stair portion varies its radial height stepwise in two or more steps in a longitudinal direction of the circumferential groove.