US 11,697,311 B2
Pneumatic tire
Shingo Sano, Itami (JP)
Assigned to Toyo Tire Corporation, Itami (JP)
Filed by Toyo Tire Corporation, Itami (JP)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/708,058.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-073855 (JP), filed on Apr. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0339966 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B60C 11/01 (2006.01); B60C 11/03 (2006.01); B60C 11/12 (2006.01)
CPC B60C 11/0306 (2013.01) [B60C 11/01 (2013.01); B60C 11/12 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0346 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0365 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pneumatic tire comprising:
a pair of bead portions; a pair of sidewalls extending outward in a tire radial direction from the pair of bead portions; and a tread continuous with respective outer ends of the pair of sidewalls in the tire radial direction, wherein
the tread includes a shoulder main groove located on an outermost side in a tire axial direction among a plurality of main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction, a plurality of shoulder slits extending more outward in the tire axial direction than the shoulder main groove, and a plurality of shoulder blocks defined by the shoulder main groove and the shoulder slits,
the shoulder blocks include inclined portions inclined inward in the tire radial direction toward an outside in the tire axial direction,
the inclined portions include first inclined portions, and second inclined portions having dents dented more inward in the tire axial direction than the first inclined portions, and
the first inclined portions are adjacent to each other with one of the shoulder slits interposed between the first inclined portions, and the second inclined portions are adjacent to each other with other shoulder slit interposed between the second inclined portions, the one of the shoulder slit and the other shoulder slit being paired and defining the shoulder blocks.