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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
May. 08, 2008
Applicant:
Shinichi Kaji, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Shinichi Kaji, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/11 (2006.01); B60C 11/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/11 (2013.01); B60C 11/0306 (2013.04); B60C 2011/0381 (2013.04);
Abstract
A pneumatic tire has a tread pattern having shoulder blocks arranged in a tire circumferential direction in a shoulder portion of a tread surface, and slits to sectionalize the shoulder blocks. Slit wall surfaces in a trailing side and a leading side of the shoulder blocks are inclined to the slit side from both end portions in a width direction of the shoulder block toward a center portion in the width direction. A notch portion is provided in the center portion in the width direction in the slit wall surface in the trailing side or the leading side of the shoulder block.