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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2014
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Masatoshi Kuriyama, Hiratsuka, JP;
Abstract
A pneumatic tire with five land parts formed by four circumferential main grooves wherein middle land parts each include a first sub groove and a second sub groove that are formed independently and arranged alternately in the tire circumferential direction on two sides of the middle land part in the tire width direction, the first sub groove being formed by the lug groove having one end thereof opening to one of the circumferential main grooves and the other end terminating in the middle land part, the second sub groove being formed by the lug groove having one end thereof opening to one of the circumferential main grooves and the other end terminating in the middle land part, and the middle land part further includes a concave part on a wall on an outer side of the middle land part in the tire width direction and spaced by each sub groove.