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US 2017/0267034 A1Published application
Pneumatic tire
AssigneeSumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
InventorNaoki KAGEYAMA
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Abstract
A pneumatic tire comprises a sidewall portion provided in its radially outer region B with side protectors protruding axially outwardly from the outer surface Ba of the radially outer region B. The side protectors are arranged in the tire circumferential direction at intervals so that grooved portions are formed between the side protectors. The width W1 in the tire circumferential direction of the grooved portion is in a range of from 50% to 70% of the width W2 in the tire circumferential direction of the side protector when measured at the same radial position.
Claims7
A pneumatic tire comprising
- a sidewall portion provided in its radially outer region thereof with side protectors protruding axially outwardly from the outer surface of the radially outer region,
- the side protectors arranged in the tire circumferential direction at intervals so that a grooved portion is formed between every two of the circumferentially adjacent side protectors, wherein
- a length in the tire circumferential direction of said grooved portion is in a range of from 50% to 70% of a length in the tire circumferential direction of the side protector on each side of said grooved portion when the lengths are measured at the same radial position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.