Tire
AssigneeToyo Tire Corporation
InventorYoshiki Sato
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Abstract
The tire can achieve both cut resistance and mud drainage performance of the sidewall. The tire includes: a tread; sidewalls; and a plurality of side block groups on at least one of the sidewalls. Each of the side block groups protrudes from the sidewall reference plane. Each of the side block groups includes: a first side block; and a second side block. In each of said plurality of side block groups, the fi3 . . . 3rst side block 2 has a groove 23 extending from the second side block 3 toward an inside of the first side block in the tire circumferential direction D3, In each of said plurality of side block groups, the second side block 3 has a slope 35c whose height from the reference plane S2 becomes lower toward the first side block, such that the slope extends into the groove of the first side block.
Claims15
A tire having a tire radial direction and a tire circumferential direction, the tire comprising:
- a tread extending in the tire circumferential direction;
- a pair of sidewalls extended inward from the tread in the tire radial direction, each of the sidewalls having a sidewall reference plane;
- and
- a plurality of side block groups provided on at least one of the sidewalls, each of the side block groups protruding from the sidewall reference plane,
- wherein each of the side block groups comprises:
- a first side block;
- and
- a second side block arranged along with the first side block in the tire circumferential direction,
- wherein in each of said plurality of side block groups, the first side block has a groove extending from the second side block toward an inside of the first side block in the tire circumferential direction,
- wherein in each of said plurality of side block groups, the second side block has a slope whose height from the reference plane becomes lower toward the first side block, such that the slope extends into the groove of the first side block, wherein the first side block comprises:
- a first region;
- and
- a second region arranged in the tire circumferential direction of the first region, the second region being higher than the first region with respect to the reference plane,
- wherein the second side block comprises:
- a third region;
- a fourth region arranged in the tire circumferential direction of the third region,
- wherein the first region, the second region, the third region and the fourth region are arranged in this order in the tire circumferential direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.