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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2014
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Ryosuke Nukushina, Hiratsuka, JP;
Abstract
A pneumatic tire is provided with a tread, a pair of sidewalls, and a pair of beads. A plurality of bending grooves are provided in an intermediate land located on the inner side of each shoulder main groove. Each of the bending grooves has one end portion opening to the shoulder main groove and the other end closed in the intermediate land. Each of the bending grooves is composed of a first tilting groove portion extending from the opening end portion to the bending portion and a second tilting groove portion extending from the bending portion to the closed end portion. The direction oriented from the opening end portion of the first tilting groove portion toward the bending portion coincides with the rotational direction, and the second tilting groove portion is bent toward the first tilting groove portion with the bending portion serving as an apex.