Tire
AssigneeSumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
InventorsMasashi WAKASUGI, Daiki IMAI
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Abstract
A tire sidewall portion is provided with a circumferentially extending decorative zone which comprises a serrated region formed from ridges extending in a radial direction and arranged side by side in the tire circumferential direction. The ridges include continuous ridges and discontinuous ridges with a discontinuity part. A diagonal pattern is formed by discontinuity-pattern elements each formed from the discontinuity parts of the discontinuous ridges positioned adjacently in the tire circumferential direction. In the diagonal pattern, one of the continuous ridges is disposed between every two of the adjacent discontinuity-pattern elements.
Claims10
A tire comprising:
- a sidewall portion provided with a decorative zone extending in the tire circumferential direction,
- the decorative zone comprising a serrated region formed from ridges arranged side by side in the tire circumferential direction,
- the ridges including continuous ridges each extending continuously in a radial direction, and discontinuous ridges each extending discontinuously in the radial direction to have a discontinuity part in the middle thereof,
- wherein
- the serrated region comprises a diagonal pattern made up of discontinuity-pattern elements which are arranged from the radially inside toward the radially outside of the tire while inclining toward one side in the tire circumferential direction,
- each of the discontinuity-pattern elements is formed from the discontinuity parts of the discontinuous ridges positioned adjacently in the tire circumferential direction, and
- in the diagonal pattern, at least one of the continuous ridges is disposed between every two of the adjacent discontinuity-pattern elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.