# US 11,897,292 B2 · Pneumatic tire > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,897,292 B2 - Document ID: US11897292B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/086,793 - Filed: 2020-11-02 - Published: 2021-07-01 - Granted: 2024-02-13 - Earliest claimed: 2019-12-25 - Assignees: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. - Applicants: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. - Inventors: Kazuhiro Nakano - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11897292B2 ## CPC - B60C 13/02: Arrangement of grooves or ribs - B60C 13/001: {Decorating, marking or the like} - B60C 15/0036: {with high ply turn-up, i.e. folded around the bead core and terminating radially above the point of maximum section width} - B60C 2013/045: {comprising different sidewall rubber layers} - B60C: VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES ## Abstract A pneumatic includes a pair of sidewall portions. At least one of the sidewall portions is provided on an outer surface thereof with a first protruding portion arranged on an outer side in a tire radial direction and a second protruding portion arranged on a radially inner side. Both protruding portions are formed so as to be convex outward in a tire axial direction. The second protruding portion has a protruding apex surface formed of a different colored rubber material having a different color from an outer surface of the first protruding portion. A distance in the tire radial direction between an inner edge in the tire radial direction of the first protruding portion and an outer edge in the tire radial direction of the second protruding portion is 40% or more and 220% or less of a length in the tire radial direction of the second protruding portion. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A pneumatic tire comprising: a pair of sidewall portions; a pair of bead portions in which a bead core is embedded in each, a carcass extending between the bead portions in a toroidal manner, wherein at least one of the pair of the sidewall portions is provided on an outer surface thereof with a first protruding portion arranged on an outer side in a tire radial direction and a second protruding portion arranged on an inner side in the tire radial direction, each of the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion is formed so as to be convex outward in a tire axial direction, the second protruding portion has a protruding apex surface formed of a different colored rubber material having a different color from that of an outer surface of the first protruding portion, a distance (d1) in the tire radial direction between an inner edge in the tire radial direction of the first protruding portion and an outer edge in the tire radial direction of the second protruding portion is 40% or more and 220% or less of a length (L1) in the tire radial direction of the second protruding portion, the different colored rubber material includes an extended portion extending radially outward beyond the second protruding portion in the at least one of the sidewall portions, the carcass has a main body portion and turned up portions, the main body portion extends between the bead cores of the pair of the bead portions, the turned up portions are connected with the main body portion and are each turned up around the respective bead core from the inside to the outside in the tire axial direction so as to extend radially outward, at least one of the turned up portions of the carcass is arranged axially inside the extended portion, and a distance in the tire radial direction between an outer end in the tire radial direction of the extended portion and an outer end in the tire radial direction of the at least one of the turned up portions is 20% or less of the distance (d1) between the radially inner edge of the first protruding portion and the radially outer edge of the second protruding portion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The pneumatic tire according to claim 1, wherein the distance (d1) between the radially inner edge of the first protruding portion and the radially outer edge of the second protruding portion is 60% or more and 140% or less of the radial length (L1) of the second protruding portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The pneumatic tire according to claim 1, wherein the first protruding portion is a buttress design portion including a serration pattern in which linear protrusions are arranged. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The pneumatic tire according to claim 1, wherein the first protruding portion includes a protector extending in a tire circumferential direction at a buttress portion. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The pneumatic tire according to claim 1, wherein the second protruding portion is a mark portion which shows a character or a symbol. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The pneumatic tire according to claim 1, wherein a distance in the tire radial direction between a bead baseline and the radially inner edge of the first protruding portion is 60% or more and 80% or less of a tire section height. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The pneumatic tire according to claim 1, wherein a length in the tire radial direction of the first protruding portion is 10% or more and 20% or less of a tire section height. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The pneumatic tire according to claim 1, wherein the second protruding portion is formed so as to include a maximum width position of the tire. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The pneumatic tire according to claim 1, wherein the length (L1) in the tire radial direction of the second protruding portion is 5% or more and 15% or less of a tire section height. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The pneumatic tire according to claim 1, wherein a distance in the tire radial direction between the radially inner edge of the first protruding portion and an outer end in the tire radial direction of the extended portion is 30% or more and 70% or less of the distance (d1) between the radially inner edge of the first protruding portion and the radially outer edge of the second protruding portion. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The pneumatic tire according to claim 1, wherein the carcass is formed by a first carcass ply and a second carcass ply, and in the at least one of the turned up portions, only the first carcass ply is arranged axially inside the extended portion. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The pneumatic tire according to claim 11, wherein in the at least one of the turned up portions, a radially outer end of the turned up portion of the second carcass ply is arranged radially inside the outer edge of the second protruding portion. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The pneumatic tire according to claim 1, wherein the first protruding portion includes an inner side surface extending from the inner edge at an angle of 15 degrees or more and 80 degrees or less with respect to a reference profile of the sidewall portion in a lateral cross section passing through a rotational axis of the tire, and the reference profile is a profile of the outer surface of the or each sidewall portion when the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion are not provided. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The pneumatic tire according to claim 13, wherein the angle of the inner side surface is 30 degrees or more and 50 degrees or less. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The pneumatic tire according to claim 1, wherein a maximum protruding height of the first protruding portion is 20% or less of the distance (d1) between the radially inner edge of the first protruding portion and the radially outer edge of the second protruding portion. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The pneumatic tire according to claim 15, wherein the maximum protruding height of the first protruding portion is 3% or more and 10% or less of the distance (d1) between the radially inner edge of the first protruding portion and the radially outer edge of the second protruding portion. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The pneumatic tire according to claim 15, wherein a maximum protruding height of the second protruding portion is not less than 2.0 times and not more than 5.0 times the maximum protruding height of the first protruding portion.