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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 1994
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1993
Yusaku Miyazaki, Hiratsuka, JP;
Masakazu Okihara, Hiratsuka, JP;
Yoshiaki Hashimura, Isehara, JP;
Naoyuki Katsura, Hiratsuka, JP;
Zenichiro Shida, Hiratsuka, JP;
Tomohiko Kogure, Ashigara, JP;
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a pneumatic tire which is to be fitted to a wheel of the type in which connecting position of a disc to a rim is offsetted to a wheel outer side from a center of a rim width, and which has a plurality of blocks on a tread thereof, a pneumatic tire wherein a total contact area C.sub.2 of shoulder blocks on the tire outer side disposed on the offset side of the disc and a total contact area C.sub.1 of shoulder blocks on the tire inner side disposed on the opposite side to the offset side of the disc satisfy the relation, C.sub.1 /C.sub.2 =1.2 to 2.0.