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US 2017/0361660 A1Published application
Pneumatic Tire
AssigneeThe Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
InventorHiroshi Furusawa
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Abstract
A pneumatic tire comprises in a tread surface thereof a land portion that comprises a plurality of blocks. Each of the blocks comprises in a contact patch thereof a plurality of narrow shallow grooves and a plurality of recessed portions disposed separated from the narrow shallow grooves. The narrow shallow grooves have a groove width of from 0.2 mm to 0.7 mm and a groove depth of from 0.2 mm to 0.7 mm. The recessed portions have the same depth as the narrow shallow grooves.
Claims14
A pneumatic tire comprising in a tread surface thereof a land portion which is a rib or a row of blocks,
- the land portion comprising in a contact patch thereof
- a plurality of narrow shallow grooves, and
- a plurality of recessed portions disposed separated from the narrow shallow grooves.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.