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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2012
Applicant:
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., Sandy, UT (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 13/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pneumatic tire includes a turbulent flow generating fin on a surface of a tire side portion. A plurality of the fins is arranged in a tire radial direction having a predetermined gap so as to form a fin row. Additionally, a plurality of the fin rows is disposed in a tire circumferential direction at a predetermined pitch. Moreover, the adjacent fins are disposed so as to overlap each other in the tire circumferential direction and a tire radial direction.