Tire
AssigneeSumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
InventorShinsuke Yukami
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Abstract
A tire includes a tread portion including a circumferential groove and a land portion defined by the circumferential groove, the land portion including a land sidewall facing the circumferential groove. The land sidewall includes a first surface, a second surface located on a groove centerline side of the circumferential groove with respect to the first surface, and a stair portion formed between the first surface and the second surface. The stair portion varies its radial height stepwise in two or more steps in a longitudinal direction of the circumferential groove.
Claims15
A tire comprising:
- a tread portion comprising a circumferential groove and a land portion defined by the circumferential groove, the land portion comprising a land sidewall facing the circumferential groove,
- the land sidewall comprising a first surface, a second surface located on a groove centerline side of the circumferential groove with respect to the first surface, and a stair portion formed between the first surface and the second surface, wherein
- the stair portion varies its radial height stepwise in two or more steps in a longitudinal direction of the circumferential groove,
- the land portion comprises a plurality of circumferentially arranged blocks divided by lateral grooves,
- the plurality of blocks comprising a first block and a second block which are adjacent in a tire circumferential direction of the tire through one of the lateral grooves,
- the stair portion is provided on an inner side of the first block and on an inner side of the second block in the tire axial direction,
- the stair portion provided on the first block descends toward the one of the lateral grooves, and
- the stair portion provided on the second block descends toward the one of the lateral grooves.
A tire comprising:
- a tread portion comprising a circumferential groove and a land portion defined by the circumferential groove, the land portion comprising a land sidewall facing the circumferential groove,
- the land sidewall comprising a first surface, a second surface located on a groove centerline side of the circumferential groove with respect to the first surface, and a stair portion formed between the first surface and the second surface, wherein
- the stair portion varies its radial height stepwise in two or more steps in a longitudinal direction of the circumferential groove,
- the land portion comprises a plurality of circumferentially arranged blocks divided by lateral grooves,
- the plurality of blocks comprising a first block and a second block which are adjacent in a tire circumferential direction of the tire through one of the lateral grooves,
- the land sidewall of the first block further comprises a third surface opposite to the first surface in a tire axial direction, and
- the third surface is provided with a recess configured as a stair portion that descends in steps in the tire axial direction away from the circumferential groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.