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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2023
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe, JP;
Yuto Hashimoto, Kobe, JP;
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Kobe, JP;
Abstract
A tire includes first blocks each with a zigzag first sipe. The first sipe includes a sipe bottom and a tie-bar locally raising outwardly in a tire radial direction from the sipe bottom so as not to reach the ground contact surface to divide the first sipe into first and second portions. The sipe bottom of the first portion communicates with a first widening portion which has a circular cross-section and has a groove width greater than that of the first portion. The first widening portion extends linearly over the entire length. The sipe bottom of the second portion communicates with a second widening portion which has a circular cross-section and has a groove width greater than that of the second portion. The second widening portion extends linearly over the entire length. The first widening portion does not communicate with the second widening portion.