Pneumatic tire and noise damper assembly

A pneumatic tire and noise damper assembly comprising

• a pneumatic tire manufactured by vulcanization using an expandable bladder for molding an inner surface of the tire, the bladder having at least one vent groove extending on its outer surface,
• the inner surface of the tire being provided with at least one projecting stripe molded by the at least one vent groove of the bladder, and
• a noise damper being attached to the inner surface of the tire and extending in the circumferential direction of the tire, wherein
• the at least one projecting stripe comprises at least one first projecting stripe extending in an adhesion region to which the noise damper is attached,
• the at least one first projecting stripe has a height of from 0.2 to 1.0 mm, a width of from 0.4 to 1.6 mm and a virtual cross-sectional area of from 0.08 to 1.00 mm2, wherein
• the tire includes a carcass and a belt disposed radially outside the carcass in a tread portion,
• the damper is attached to the inner surface of a tread region which is a region radially inside of the belt, and
• the at least one projecting stripe comprises a plurality of second projecting stripes extending in regions outside of the adhesion region and wherein
• the virtual cross-sectional area of the first and second projecting stripes are substantially constant and each second projecting stripe has a greater virtual cross-sectional area than that of each first projecting stripe.