Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tire
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Application No.: US17849920Application Date: 2022-06-27
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Publication No.: US12134285B2Publication Date: 2024-11-05
- Inventor: Takeru Iwashita , Ryotaro Kitahara , Hiroshi Yamaoka
- Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Kobe
- Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kobe
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: JP2021-118946 20210719,JP2021-118947 20210719
- Main IPC: B60C11/13
- IPC: B60C11/13 ; B60C11/03 ; B60C11/12

Abstract:
A tire comprises a tread portion comprising a circumferentially arranged blocks divided by lateral grooves. Each block has a block side wall and a block tread. Each lateral groove comprises an axially outer first portion, an axially inner second portion, and a connect portion at which the first portion and the second portion are connected with each other so that each block is provided with a convex corner portion which is convex toward the outside of the block at the connect portion. In the convex corner portion, the block side wall comprises a first side wall extending along the first portion, a second side wall extending along the second portion, and a substantially triangular third side wall intersecting the first side wall, the second side wall and the block tread. The third side wall terminates radially outside the groove bottom of the lateral groove.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230023697A1 TIRE Public/Granted day:2023-01-26
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