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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 1990
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yasuo Igarashi, Kawanishi, JP;
Assignee:
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
152454 ; 1522 / ;
Abstract
A low pressure tire, comprises: a tire main body made of rubber, a pair of bead cores disposed in bead portions of the tire main body, and a rubber tread on a crown part of the tire main body. The maximum rubber thickness of the tire main body between a tread edge and a maximum tire width point is 1.3 to 3.5 times the rubber thickness at the tread edge, and further the maximum rubber thickness is 1.1 to 2.5 time the rubber thickness at the maximum tire width point, whereby weight reduction of tire is achieved while maintaining or improving the shock absorbing and damping characteristics of the tire.