Tire
AssigneeSumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
InventorsTakahumi HOSHINO, Yuya MEGURO
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Abstract
A tire includes a tread portion provided with lateral grooves extending in a tire axial direction and blocks divided by the lateral grooves. At least one of the lateral grooves is provided with a first projected portion with a bottom protruding from a groove bottom of the at least one of the lateral grooves. The first projected portion includes at least one tie-bar portion connecting a pair of blocks with each other which is arranged adjacently through the at least one of the lateral groove, and a narrow rib-portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the at least one of the lateral groove from the at least one tie-bar portion without being connected to the pair of blocks.
Claims20
A tire comprising:
- a tread portion being provided with lateral grooves extending in a tire axial direction and blocks divided by the lateral grooves;
- at least one of the lateral grooves being provided with a first projected portion having a bottom protruding from a groove bottom of the at least one of the lateral grooves;
- the first projected portion comprising at least one tie-bar portion connecting a pair of blocks with each other which is arranged adjacently through the at least one of the lateral grooves, and a narrow rib-portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the at least one of the lateral grooves from the at least one tie-bar portion without being connected to the pair of blocks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.