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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2018
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Toyoaki Endo, Hiratsuka, JP;
The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A tread portion of a pneumatic tire includes: an intermediate land portion being delimited by an inner circumferential main groove and an outer circumferential main groove on one side in a tire lateral direction across a tire center line as a boundary; and a side land portion adjoining the outer circumferential main groove and being provided outward of the outer circumferential main groove in the tire lateral direction. At least one land portion of the intermediate land portion and the side land portion has a swelling profile line. In a region of the land portion, a composite sipe is provided. In the composite sipe, a first sipe extending linearly in a sipe depth direction and a second sipe (S) extending in a wave manner in the sipe depth direction are connected. The second sipe in the composite sipe is disposed so as to be connected to the outer circumferential main groove.