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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:
Jun. 13, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Naoaki Iwasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Chieko Aoki, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Inc., Hyogo-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C / ; B60C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
15220914 ; 152454 ;
Abstract
A vehicle tire which has an aspect ratio of less than about 55% and comprises a tread portion having a profile whose radius of curvature decreases substantially continuously from the tire equator to each tread edges. The tread profile from the tire equator to each tread edge is substantially defined by a curve such as ellipse, cycloid, epicycloid, involute curves and the like, of which equation is differentiable in the range between the tire equator and each tread edge.