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US 11,590,808 B2Granted
Pneumatic tire
AssigneeSumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
InventorHiroki Hokazono
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Abstract
A pneumatic tire includes a tread portion and a pair of sidewall portions each extending inwardly in a tire radial direction from the tread portion. At least one of the pair of the sidewall portions is provided with at least one side protector protruding outwardly in a tire axial direction. The side protector is provided with a groove, a cut-out portion connected with the groove, and a sipe connected with the groove.
Claims20
A pneumatic tire comprising a tread portion and a pair of sidewall portions each extending inwardly in a tire radial direction from the tread portion, wherein
- at least one of the pair of the sidewall portions is provided with at least one side protector protruding outwardly in a tire axial direction from an outer surface of the at least one of the pair of the sidewall portions,
- the side protector is provided with a groove, a cut-out portion connected with and concaved from the groove, and a sipe connected with the groove, and
- the cut-out portion terminates to have a closed terminating end within the side protector and has an opening width along a longitudinal direction of the groove larger than a length thereof along a concavity direction from the groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.