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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2021
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Tomohisa Kuriyama, Hyogo, JP;
Ryota Ikeda, Hyogo, JP;
Chisato Omori, Hyogo, JP;
Kohei Miyoshi, Hyogo, JP;
Hiroaki Koga, Hyogo, JP;
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A tire includes a tread portion including first and second tread edges, circumferential grooves, and land portions. The land portions include a crown land portion, a first middle land portion, and a second middle land portion. Under a 50% loaded condition, the first middle land portion, the crown land portion, and the second middle land portion respectively have axial widths W, Wc, and Wof ground contact surfaces, the widths satisfying the following formula, W>Wc>W. The crown land portion includes an outer ground contact surface and an inner ground contact surface. The outer ground contact surface and the inner ground contact surface respectively have widths Wco and Wci in the tire axial direction, the widths satisfying the following formula, Wco>Wci.