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US 11,077,724 B2Granted
Pneumatic tire
AssigneeThe Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
InventorTakashi Hoshiba
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Abstract
A pneumatic tire includes: an annular-shaped tread portion extending in a tire circumferential direction; a pair of sidewall portions disposed on both sides of the tread portion; and a pair of bead portions disposed on an inner side in a tire radial direction of the sidewall portions; and a band-like sound absorbing member being adhered on an inner surface of the tread portion in the tire circumferential direction; wherein the band-like sound absorbing member has a plurality of cuts, and both terminals of the cuts terminate at an inner side of the band-like sound absorbing member.
Claims12
A pneumatic tire, comprising:
- an annular-shaped tread portion extending in a tire circumferential direction;
- a pair of sidewall portions disposed on both sides of the tread portion;
- a pair of bead portions disposed on an inner side in a tire radial direction of the sidewall portions;
- and
- a band shaped sound absorbing member being adhered on an inner surface of the tread portion in the tire circumferential direction;
- wherein
- the band shaped sound absorbing member has a plurality of cuts, both terminals of the cuts terminate at an inner side of the band shaped sound absorbing member such that neither of the terminals are connected to an end portion of the sound absorbing member in a width direction of the sound absorbing member, and
- the plurality of cuts have a closed state which transitions to an open state when the pneumatic tire deflects during a rolling motion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.