US 11,667,161 B2
Pneumatic tire
Shingo Sano, Itami (JP)
Assigned to TOYO TIRE CORPORATION, Itami (JP)
Filed by Toyo Tire Corporation, Itami (JP)
Filed on Apr. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/715,127.
Claims priority of application No. JP2021-073863 (JP), filed on Apr. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0339974 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B60C 13/02 (2006.01); B60C 11/01 (2006.01); B60C 11/03 (2006.01)
CPC B60C 13/02 (2013.01) [B60C 11/01 (2013.01); B60C 11/0306 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pneumatic tire comprising a sidewall extending in a tire radial direction;
wherein the sidewall comprises a first side block which protrudes outwardly in a tire axial direction;
wherein the first side block comprises
a first base portion which extends in the tire radial direction, and
a first inclined portion and second inclined portion which extend from an inner end in the tire radial direction of the first base portion;
wherein the first inclined portion extends increasingly toward a first side in a tire circumferential direction as one proceeds toward an interior in the tire radial direction;
wherein the second inclined portion extends increasingly toward a second side in the tire circumferential direction as one proceeds toward the interior in the tire radial direction;
the sidewall further comprises a second side block which protrudes outwardly in the tire axial direction;
the second side block is adjacent at the first side in the tire circumferential direction to the first side block;
the first inclined portion and the second side block respectively intersect a common first tire meridional plane;
an inner end in the tire radial direction of the first inclined portion is arranged toward the interior in the tire radial direction from an inner end in the tire radial direction of the second side block;
the second side block comprises
a second base portion which extends in the tire radial direction, and
a third inclined portion which extends from an inner end in the tire radial direction of the second base portion; and
the first inclined portion and the second base portion respectively intersect the common first tire meridional plane.