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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2010
Masaya Mita, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaya Mita, Kanagawa, JP;
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The pneumatic tire includes a tread pattern having a land portion sandwiched between tire circumferential grooves. A groove area ratio of the tread pattern is different between areas on opposite sides with reference to a tire center line in a tire width direction. A first side has the larger groove area ratio and a second side has the smaller groove area ratio respectively. The land portion is protruding outward in a tire radial direction and the land portion has edge portions bordering the tire circumferential grooves and formed by groove walls of the tire circumferential grooves sandwiching the land portion and a surface of the land portion. A drop length of the edge portion facing to the first side from a most protruding point of the land portion along the tire radial direction is longer than a drop length of the edge portion facing to the second side.