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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9884520 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018

Filed:

May. 13, 2015

Pneumatic tire

Applicant:

Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd., Kobe-shi, JP;

Inventor:

Tomoyuki Kujime, Kobe, JP;

Assignee:

SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD., Kobe-shi, JP;

Attorney:

Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

Primary Examiner:

Robert Dye

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 15/06 (2006.01); B60C 11/13 (2006.01); B60C 11/03 (2006.01); B60C 15/02 (2006.01); B60C 15/00 (2006.01); B60C 15/05 (2006.01); B60C 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 15/0603 (2013.01); B60C 11/0304 (2013.01); B60C 11/0306 (2013.01); B60C 11/1369 (2013.01); B60C 15/0018 (2013.01); B60C 15/0081 (2013.01); B60C 15/0236 (2013.01); B60C 15/05 (2013.01); B60C 15/0607 (2013.01); B60C 17/0009 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0353 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0381 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0388 (2013.01); B60C 2015/061 (2013.01); B60C 2015/0614 (2013.01); B60C 2015/0696 (2013.01);
Abstract

A pneumatic tire having a designated orientation for mounting to a vehicle includes a tread, sidewalls, beads including bead cores, respectively, and a carcass including a carcass ply. Each bead includes a rubber apex, an outer bead and an inner bead, the rubber apex includes an outer apex portion and an inner apex portion, the outer apex portion includes a first outer apex portion positioned inward from the carcass ply in the axial direction and a second outer apex portion positioned outward from the carcass ply in the axial direction, the inner apex portion includes a first inner apex portion positioned inward from the carcass ply in the axial direction and a second inner apex portion positioned outward from the carcass ply in the axial direction, and the second outer apex portion has height which is greater than height of the second inner apex portion in the radial direction.

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