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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2022
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe, JP;
Ryotaro Kitahara, Kobe, JP;
Hiroshi Yamaoka, Kobe, JP;
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Kobe, JP;
Abstract
A tire includes a tread portion including a first land portion, the first land portion being provided with a plurality of first sipes. The plurality of first sipes extends in an arc shape manner. The plurality of first sipes is arranged on the first land portion without communicating with lateral grooves extending in a tire axial direction. In a tread plan view, a virtual sipe reference line of each of the plurality of first sipes has an angle equal to or less than 10 degrees with respect to a tire circumferential direction, wherein the virtual sipe reference line is a straight line that connects both ends of each of the plurality of first sipes.