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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2002
Applicant:
Ikuji Ikeda, Kobe, JP;
Inventor:
Ikuji Ikeda, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 30/60 (2006.01); B60C 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tread rubber G has a short-fiber-mixed rubber portionforming a grounding surface. In a region Ybetween an outer grounding end Eo and a tire equator C located outside of a vehicle when a tire is mounted to the vehicle, the short fibers f are inclined and oriented at an angle α outward of the vehicle radially outward of the tire, and an angle αof the short fibers f in the outer grounding end Eo is greater than an angle αof the short fibers f in the tire equator C.