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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2008
Makoto Tsuruta, Akishima, JP;
Masashi Yamaguchi, Kodaira, JP;
Atsushi Miyasaka, Kodaira, JP;
Bridgestone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention includes a run-flat tirecomprising a plurality of turbulence generation ridgeswhich extend on a surface of a tire side portionin a tire-radial direction and which are arranged at a pitch in a tire-circumferential direction and relationship Si>So is satisfied. Si is the sum of sidewall areas of all the turbulence generation ridges located at the inner side, in the tire-radial direction, of a maximum width position of the pneumatic tire. So is the sum of sidewall areas of all the turbulence generation ridges located at the outer side, in the tire-radial direction, of the tire maximum width position.