Pneumatic tire
AssigneeSumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
InventorNaoki Yukawa
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Abstract
[Object] To provide a pneumatic tire 2 which is excellent in durability. [Solution] The tire 2 has a marking on each sidewall 8 thereof. A large number of dimples 62 are formed in a region between the marking and a rim protector 34. These dimples 62 are arranged along a circumferential direction. These dimples 62 form a row. The row includes: (1) dimples each having a plane shape of a circle; or (2) dimples in each of which a plane shape is substantially a rectangle, and a ratio of a length in the circumferential direction to a width in a radial direction is equal to or greater than 1.0 and equal to or less than 3.0.
Claims12
A pneumatic tire comprising a marking on a surface of each side portion thereof, wherein
- a processible region positioned on the surface of the side portion and inward, in a radial direction, of the marking includes one or two rows formed by a large number of dimples arranged in a circumferential direction, and
- the one row includes
- (1) dimples each having a plane shape of a circle, or
- (2) dimples in each of which a plane shape is substantially a rectangle, and a ratio of a length in the circumferential direction to a width in the radial direction is equal to or greater than 1.0 and equal to or less than 3.0.
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