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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2021
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Horiuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a tire with a specified mounting direction, groove area ratios Rin and Rout in ground contact regions on the vehicle inner and outer sides, respectively, satisfy Rin>Rout, average land portion areas Ain and Aout of intermediate regions Min and Mout on the vehicle inner and outer sides, respectively, satisfy Ain<Aout, the number of blocks Nin and Nout in the intermediate regions Min and Mout, respectively, satisfy Nin≥1.5×Nout, total sipe lengths Sin and Sout in the intermediate regions Min and Mout, respectively, satisfy Sin>Sout, and sipes formed in the intermediate region Min have a three-dimensional structure in a range of 70% or more of a sipe length.