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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2002
Applicants:
Kiyoto Maruoka, Kobe, JP;
Minoru Nishi, Kobe, JP;
Atsushi Yamahira, Kobe, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C003/00 ; B60C009/28 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
When a tread thickness from a second belt plyB is defined as T, Tmin is provided in a region Y which is away from a tire equator C by a distance of 0.5 to 0.7 times of a tread grounding half width WT/2. A ratio Tmin/Tc between said minimum value Tmin and the tread thickness Tc at the position of the tire equator C is 0.92 to 0.97, and a ratio Tb/Tc between a tread thickness Tb at a position of an outer end of the second belt ply and Tc is 0.95 to 1.10. When a tread thickness from a carcassis defined as K, Kmin is provided in region Y. A ratio Kmin/Kc is 0.97 to 0.998, and a ratio Kb/Kc is 1.2 to 1.5.