Pneumatic tire
AssigneeToyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
InventorMasashi Nakamura
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Abstract
A pneumatic tire includes a shoulder portion that constitutes an outer portion of a ground contact surface in a tire width direction. A groove portion connected to the ground contact surface in a tire circumferential direction is formed in the shoulder portion. The groove portion includes a deep groove portion, and a shallow groove portion formed outside in a tire width direction with respect to the deep groove portion and having a small groove depth. The groove depth of the shallow groove portion cyclically increases and decreases in the tire circumferential direction.
Claims15
A pneumatic tire comprising a shoulder portion that constitutes an outer portion of a ground contact surface in a tire width direction,
- wherein
- a groove portion connected to the ground contact surface in a tire circumferential direction is formed in the shoulder portion,
- the groove portion includes a deep groove portion, and a shallow groove portion formed outside in a tire width direction with respect to the deep groove portion and having a small groove depth, and
- the groove depth of the shallow groove portion cyclically increases and decreases in the tire circumferential direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.