Pneumatic tire
AssigneeToyo Tire Corporation
InventorHikaru Kuriyama
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Abstract
A pneumatic tire includes a decorative area 11 provided on a sidewall surface 10, in which three kinds of planes 21, 22, and 23 with different inclinations with respect to a profile surface 20 are tightly arranged in the decorative area 11, two kinds of planes 21, 22, or 23 from the three kinds of planes 21, 22, and 23 are aligned in a first direction to make a pair, plural kinds of pairs with different combinations are aligned in a second direction, and boundaries 24 between each two planes 21, 22, or 23 aligned in the first direction are shifted in the first direction between the pairs adjacent in the second direction.
Claims10
A pneumatic tire comprising:
- a decorative area provided on a sidewall surface, wherein
- three kinds of planes having an elongated rectangular shape with different inclinations with respect to a profile surface are tightly arranged in the decorative area,
- the entire decorative area is recessed from the profile surface of the sidewall surface,
- a first kind of plane included in the three kinds of planes having one high end and one low end,
- a second kind of plane included in the three kinds of planes having one high end and one low end that are reversed relative to the one high end and the one low end of the first kind of plane,
- a third kind of plane included in the three kinds of planes that is parallel to the profile surface,
- the third kind of plane is a bottom surface of the decorative area,
- the one low end of the first kind of plane and the one low end of the second kind of plane is located at the bottom surface of the decorative area,
- the one high end of the first kind of plane and the one high end of the second kind of plane are positioned lower than the profile surface,
- the first kind of plane and the second kind of plane are aligned in a first direction to make a first pair,
- the first kind of plane and the third kind of plane are aligned in the first direction to make a second pair,
- the second kind of plane and the third kind of plane are aligned in the first direction to make a third pair,
- different combinations of the first pair, the second pair, and the third pair are aligned in a second direction, and
- boundaries between each two planes aligned in the first direction are shifted in the first direction between the pairs adjacent in the second direction.
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