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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2021
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Shunsuke Ito, Kobe, JP;
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A tire is provided with a shoulder circumferential groove, a crown circumferential groove, and middle lateral grooves. The middle lateral groove comprises: an axially outer part and an axially inner part which are inclined to the same direction as first inclined portions of the shoulder circumferential groove; and an in-between part which is inclined to the opposite direction to the axially outer part and the axially inner part. The axially outer part is smoothly continuous with the first inclined portion. The groove width WAat the axially outer end of the axially outer part is larger than the groove width WAat the axially inner end of the axially outer part, and the groove width WBat the axially outer end of the axially inner part is larger than the groove width WBat the axially inner end of the axially inner part.