Tire with a high visibility embossed mark
AssigneeSumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
InventorFumikazu Yamashita
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Abstract
A tire which is provided on a sidewall with an embossed mark (3), the embossed mark has an indent portion (5) and an outline portion (6), the outline portion has a top surface (6A) having a light color different from a dark color of the sidewall surface (2S) the bottom (5A) of the indent portion is provided with a rough surface to have a less luster than the sidewall surface, and preferably, the radial height of the mark is in the range from 15 mm to 60 mm, and the bottom of the indent portion is provided with a cross mesh pattern whose mesh pitches are 0.01 to 0.1 times the radial height H of the mark.
Claims7
A tire comprising a tread and sidewalls extending radially inwardly from the tread edges,
- at least one of the sidewalls provided on the outer surface thereof with at least one embossed mark,
- said embossed mark having an indent portion and an outline portion,
- said outline portion protruding from the sidewall surface and extending along the outline of the indent portion,
- said outline portion provided with a top surface having a light color different from a dark color of the sidewall surface by a rubber having said light color,
- the indent portion having a bottom indented from the top surface of said outline portion,
- said bottom provided with a rough bottom surface by a cross mesh pattern to have a less luster than the sidewall surface,
- said rough surface completely covered by a rubber layer having a dark color different from said light color, and
- said outline portion having an outer side surface (6B) and an inner side surface (6C), each of said outer and inner side surfaces (6B and 6C) covered by a thin rubber layer having said dark color.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.