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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:
Aug. 19, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 17, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kiichiro Kakumu, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Hyogo-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D / ; B60C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1561101 ; 1522 / ;
Abstract
A low noise tire having circumferentially spaced tread grooves each having a paired groove spaced apart therefrom by a distance substantially the same as the circumferential length of a ground contacting region of the tread when the tire is mounted on a regular rim and inflated to a normal internal pressure and loaded with a normal load, whereby pattern noise can be suppressed.