US 11,872,846 B2
Pneumatic tire
Tsubasa Miyagaki, Itami (JP)
Assigned to TOYO TIRE CORPORATION, Itami (JP)
Filed by Toyo Tire Corporation, Itami (JP)
Filed on Dec. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/540,357.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-211107 (JP), filed on Dec. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0194140 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. B60C 11/12 (2006.01); B60C 11/13 (2006.01); B60C 11/03 (2006.01)
CPC B60C 11/125 (2013.01) [B60C 11/0304 (2013.01); B60C 11/1369 (2013.01); B60C 11/1236 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0341 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pneumatic tire comprising:
a first main groove and a second main groove extending in a tire circumferential direction; and
a first land defined by the first main groove and the second main groove,
wherein
the first land includes a plurality of slits extending across the first land in a tire width direction and open to the first main groove and the second main groove,
the plurality of slits include first slits each having a first raised portion in which a part of a groove bottom is raised and second slits each having a second raised portion in which a part of a groove bottom is raised to be lower than the first raised portion,
the first raised portion includes a first sipe extending along a direction where the first slits extend, and
the first slits and the second slits are arranged alternately with each other in the tire circumferential direction.