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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:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2003
Applicants:
Kensaku Fujii, Kobe, JP;
Takehiko Murata, Kobe, JP;
Inventors:
Kensaku Fujii, Kobe, JP;
Takehiko Murata, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/117 (2006.01); B60C 11/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tire having a rotation timing indication hole of the invention has a rotation timing indication hole comprising a multi-step hole provided in a tire tread, and respective steps of the hole have different contours from each other. Since the contour of the hole changes when the tire is worn, the rotation timing of the tire can be recognized.