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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2023
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe, JP;
Yu Hashimoto, Kobe, JP;
Koichi Nakajima, Kobe, JP;
Yoshifumi Kawagoe, Kobe, JP;
Kohei Ikeda, Kobe, JP;
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Kobe, JP;
Abstract
A tire includes a tread portion including a first tread edge, a second tread edge, a crown land portion arranged between the first tread edge and the second tread edge, and a first crown circumferential groove extending continuously in a tire circumferential direction adjacent to the crown land portion on a first tread edge side. The first crown circumferential groove includes a groove bottom having a plurality of protrusions projecting in a tire radial direction. The crown land portion is not provided with drainage grooves that have an opening width exceeding 2.0 mm at a ground contact surface of the crown land portion and a depth exceeding 2.0 mm of an area where a distance between two opposite groove walls thereof exceeds 2.0 mm. The crown land portion is provided with a plurality of sipes.