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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2013
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Tomoki Kato, Kobe, JP;
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Kobe-Shi, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A motorcycle tire has a unidirectional tread pattern formed by a circumferentially extending center main groove, and main oblique grooves each with a branch groove. The main oblique groove has an axially inner end inside a zero-camber ground contacting width and an axially outer end outside the zero-camber ground contacting width. The axially outer end is positioned in a range between 0% and 20% of the developed half tread width from the tread edge. The branch groove is composed of a first inclined part extending from the main oblique groove at an angle θ with respect to the tire circumferential direction, and a second inclined part extending at an angle δ less than the angle θ. When the developed half tread width is axially equally divided into five portions, the land ratio of each of the five portions is 75% to 85%.