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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2006
Kazuya Suzuki, Hyogo, JP;
Kazuya Suzuki, Hyogo, JP;
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe, JP;
Abstract
A pneumatic tire has longitudinal grooves formed continuously in a circumferential direction of the pneumatic tire in a region of a buttress part disposed between a tread part and a sidewall part; a plurality of transverse grooves formed continuously with the longitudinal grooves in the above-described region of the buttress part in an axial direction of the pneumatic tire, with the transverse grooves spaced at certain intervals in the circumferential direction of the pneumatic tire; and a concave portion formed in each of a plurality of blocks surrounded with the longitudinal grooves and the transverse grooves, with the concave portion extended in the circumferential direction of the pneumatic tire. The above-described region of the buttress part is adjacent to a periphery of an end of a contact surface of the tread part. The number of the concave portions is varied according to a circumferential length of each of the blocks.