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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2013
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Miyoshi, Hiratsuka, JP;
Isamu Kishizoe, Hiratsuka, JP;
Abstract
A pneumatic tire having a tread portion, side wall portions, and bead portions includes at least one row of blocks constituted by a plurality of blocks aligned in a tire circumferential direction formed in a vehicle inner side region and a vehicle outer side region of the tread portion. Sipes extend in a tire width direction in each of the blocks. A pitch count of the blocks constituting the row of blocks in the vehicle inner side region is greater than the pitch count of the blocks constituting the row of blocks in the vehicle outer side region. Sipes formed in the blocks in the vehicle outer side region are provided with a structure extending in a linear manner along the depth direction thereof and sipes formed in the blocks in the vehicle inner side region are provided with a structure extending while curving along the depth direction thereof.