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US 11,597,239 B2Granted
Tyre
AssigneeSumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
InventorKoichi Nakajima
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Abstract
A tyre with a concave mark provided on a surface of a sidewall portion. A bottom surface of the concave mark is divided into a shadow area and a remaining main area. The shadow area is an area along a shadow wall portion that is in the shadow of a wall portion of the concave mark when light is shed to the concave mark from a direction. The shadow area has a plurality of minute protrusions.
Claims19
A tire comprising:
- a concave mark provided on a surface of a sidewall portion and recessed from the surface, wherein
- a bottom surface of the concave mark is divided into a shadow area, which is an area along a shadow wall portion that is in a shadow of a wall portion of the concave mark when light is shed to the concave mark from a direction, and a main area other than the shadow area,
- the shadow area has a plurality of minute protrusions,
- the minute protrusions are columnar protrusions,
- the columnar protrusions have concave portions at their top ends, and
- at least one of the concave portions is formed concentrically with a corresponding one of the columnar protrusions.
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A tire comprising:
- a concave mark provided on a surface of a sidewall portion and recessed from the surface, wherein
- a bottom surface of the concave mark is divided into a shadow area, which is an area along a shadow wall portion that is in a shadow of a wall portion of the concave mark when light is shed to the concave mark from a direction, and a main area other than the shadow area,
- the shadow area has a plurality of minute protrusions,
- the main area has no minute protrusions, and
- the concave mark is an entire area surrounded by a contour of a single continuous surface concave from the surface of the sidewall portion.
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A tire comprising:
- a concave mark provided on a surface of a sidewall portion and recessed from the surface, wherein
- a bottom surface of the concave mark is divided into a shadow area, which is an area along a shadow wall portion that is in a shadow of a wall portion of the concave mark when light is shed to the concave mark from a direction, and a main area other than the shadow area,
- an area width (WA) of the shadow area from the shadow wall portion is larger than a depth (H) of the concave mark, and the area width (WA) is 4.0 times or less than the depth (H), and
- the shadow area has a plurality of minute protrusions, and an entirety of the bottom surface outside of the shadow area is disposed as a smooth surface without any protrusion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.