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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2014
Applicant:
Bridgestone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hirofumi Oba, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/11 (2006.01); B60C 11/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/11 (2013.01); B60C 11/0302 (2013.01); B60C 2200/10 (2013.01); B60C 2200/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A motorcycle tire that improves straight-line traction performance and also improves turning performance is provided. In a motorcycle tire, a condition of LC/T≦0.08 is satisfied for center blocks, a condition of LM/LC>1.0 is satisfied for the center blocks and intermediate blocks, and the center blocks and the intermediate blocks are either separate from each other in the tire circumferential direction, or overlap each other in the tire circumferential direction with an overlap region of 0.5 LC or less.