Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pneumatic tire
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Application No.: US14669883Application Date: 2015-03-26
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Publication No.: US09796217B2Publication Date: 2017-10-24
- Inventor: Shingo Kuwano
- Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka-shi
- Assignee: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka-shi
- Agency: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP
- Priority: JP2014-091745 20140425
- Main IPC: B60C11/13
- IPC: B60C11/13 ; B60C11/04

Abstract:
The pneumatic tire has main grooves; land portions which are sectioned by the main grooves; paired notches which face to each other as well as being open to a tread surface; the notches being concave portions which are formed in side surfaces of two land portions which are adjacent across the main grooves; tie bars which protrudes at a predetermined height from groove bottoms of the main grooves and connect between the paired notches; and dimples which are provided in the middle in a width direction of the tie bars. The dimples are arranged at least in a notch internal region which is surrounded by wall surfaces of the notches among the tie bars.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150306918A1 PNEUMATIC TIRE Public/Granted day:2015-10-29
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