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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2008
Applicants:
Masaharu Sekoguchi, Hiratsuka, JP;
Shinichi Mori, Hiratsuka, JP;
Inventors:
Masaharu Sekoguchi, Hiratsuka, JP;
Shinichi Mori, Hiratsuka, JP;
Assignee:
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/11 (2006.01); B60C 11/13 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A pneumatic tire having shoulder blocks defined on a shoulder side of the tread surface by lateral grooves extending in the widthwise direction of the tire beyond a ground contact end of the tire, the shoulder blocks being arranged in the circumferential direction of the tire. A bottom-raising portion is provided only on a bottom of every other lateral groove of the lateral grooves. Two shoulder blocks adjacent in the circumferential direction of the tire are connected by the first bottom-raising portion.