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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2012
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Yoshihiro Hada, Kobe, JP;
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe-shi, JP;
Abstract
A tread portionof a pneumatic tire is divided by a center longitudinal groove and a shoulder longitudinal groove into a center land portion, an outer middle land portionA, an inner middle land portionB, an outer shoulder land portionA, and an inner shoulder land portionB. The outer shoulder land portionA includes an array of outer shoulder blockswhich are sectioned by outer shoulder lateral groovesA. The inner shoulder land portionB includes inner shoulder lateral grooveshaving an inner endand an outer endin the land portionB, and inner shoulder auxiliary groovesdisposed between the inner shoulder lateral grooveswhich are circumferentially adjacent to each other and having inner endsand outer endsin the land portionB.