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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2023
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Masafumi Otani, Hyogo, JP;
Ryosuke Morimura, Hyogo, JP;
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A motorcycle tire set S includes a front wheel tire Sand a rear wheel tire Seach provided with a plurality of inclined grooves. Each inclined grooveincludes a first portionextending in a crown region Cr, a second portionextending in a shoulder region Sh, and a third portionconnecting the first portionand the second portion. The third portionhas a smaller groove width than the first portionand the second portion. The first portion, the second portion, and the third portionare inclined in the same direction with respect to a tire circumferential direction. Each inclined grooveof the rear wheel tire Scomes into contact with the ground from the first portiontoward the third portionbased on a tire rotation direction R.