US 11,667,160 B2
Pneumatic tire
Nobukuni Shingo, Hyogo (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Hyogo (JP)
Filed by SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Hyogo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 7, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/534,046.
Claims priority of application No. JP2018-154503 (JP), filed on Aug. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0062044 A1, Feb. 27, 2020
Int. Cl. B60C 13/00 (2006.01); B60C 11/01 (2006.01); B60C 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60C 13/02 (2013.01) [B60C 11/01 (2013.01); B60C 13/002 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pneumatic tire comprising:
a tread having a shoulder with lateral grooves alternatingly formed between lugs in a circumferential direction, the lateral grooves, extending axially outwardly from a corner of the tread, extend radially inwardly to outer axial ends;
a sidewall;
protector ribs projecting from a profile of the tire having radially upper ends and radially lower ends, where adjacent protector ribs are separated from each other by a gap,
wherein a shape of a cross-section, taken along a meridian of the tire, of the radially uppermost end of each protector rib is convex inward in an axial direction,
and wherein each protector rib is arranged so that at least a first part of the radially uppermost end contacts an entire width of one of the lateral grooves at the outer axial end of the one of the lateral grooves.