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US 8,985,166 B2Granted
Pneumatic tire
AssigneeToyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
InventorYoshiki Sato
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Abstract
Bare can be prevented from occurring in a wear indicator. A pneumatic tire has a wear indicator 5 at the groove bottom of a main groove 2 formed in a tread surface 1 and extending in the circumferential direction. The wear indicator 5 is formed in the surface thereof with at least one recess 6.
Claims7
A pneumatic tire comprising:
- a main groove formed in a circumferential direction of a tread surface of said pneumatic tire;
- a wear indicator extending in the tire circumferential direction and projecting outward from a bottom portion of the main groove,
- wherein the wear indicator is lattice-shaped by forming a plurality of recesses.
A pneumatic tire comprising:
- a main groove formed in a tire circumferential direction of a tread surface of said pneumatic tire;
- a wear indicator extending in the tire circumferential direction and projecting outward from a bottom portion of the main groove,
- wherein an occupied volume of recesses in the wear indicator is 10% to 50% of a volume of the wear indicator formed with no recesses.
A pneumatic tire comprising:
- a main groove formed in a circumferential direction of a tread surface of said pneumatic tire;
- a wear indicator extending in the tire circumferential direction and projecting outward from a bottom portion of the main groove,
- wherein recesses formed in the wear indicator are deeper in a center region thereof than in a peripheral region thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.