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US 2014/0174618 A1Published application
Pneumatic tire
AssigneeBridgestone Corporation
InventorYukihiro KIWAKI
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Abstract
A pneumatic tire is provided that has enhanced traction performance. A shoulder main body portion of a first shoulder block is formed with a step portion projecting out in a tire circumferential direction. A height of the step portion is set lower than a height of a tread face of the shoulder main body portion and higher than the height of a lug groove. The step portion extends from a tire equatorial plane side end portion of the shoulder main body portion, beyond a tire width direction ground contact edge, to a tire shoulder portion.
Claims7
A pneumatic tire comprising:
- a block row in which blocks are arranged in a row around a tire circumferential direction, each of the blocks including a shoulder side wall at a location which is further to an outer side in a tire width direction than a ground contact edge in the tire width direction;
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- a step portion that is formed at a side wall of each of the blocks configuring the block row so as to project from the side wall in the tire circumferential direction, a height of the step portion being lower than a tread face and higher than a lug groove that is between the blocks, and the step portion extending further to the outer side in the tire width direction than the ground contact edge in the tire width direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.