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Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 29, 2024
Applicant:

Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe, JP;

Inventors:

Kenta Yagi, Kobe, JP;

Toshiki Horiguchi, Kobe, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/04 (2006.01); B60C 11/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/042 (2013.01); B60C 11/0304 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0346 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0353 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0355 (2013.01);
Abstract

The tire includes a tread portion whose position when mounted on a vehicle is specified. The tread portion includes a first tread edge, a second tread edge, a plurality of circumferential grooves, and five land regions. The circumferential grooves include a first shoulder circumferential groove, a first crown circumferential groove, a second shoulder circumferential groove, and a second crown circumferential groove. The second shoulder circumferential groove has groove walls each configured as a zigzag surface. The second crown circumferential groove has groove walls each configured as a flat surface. Each of the groove walls of the second shoulder circumferential groove includes first surfaces and second surfaces arranged alternately. Each of the groove walls of the second shoulder circumferential groove includes has 2 to 4 first surfaces between each two of axial grooves adjacent to each other in a tire circumferential direction.


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