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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2012
Yosuke Matsuda, Kobe, JP;
Yosuke Matsuda, Kobe, JP;
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Kobe-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A pneumatic tire includes a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions, a pair of bead portions, and a protrusion. The protrusion includes a plurality of longitudinal ribs and a low height part. Each rib has a protruding height of 0.5 to 7.0 mm from the normal outer surface of the sidewall. Each low height part has a protruding height from the normal outer surface of the sidewall that is lower than that of the longitudinal ribs. The sidewall portion with the protrusion has a ratio between a total area of the protrusion projected onto the normal outer surface of the sidewall portion and an area between an outer circumferential line on the sidewall portion passing through a radially outmost point of the protrusion and an inner circumferential line on the sidewall portion passing through a radially innermost point of the protrusion in a range of from 50 to 80%.