Patent ID: 11884108
Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 8:
9. The tire according to claim 1,
wherein the four circumferential grooves further comprise an inner shoulder circumferential groove closest to the inner tread end when the tire is mounted to the vehicle,
wherein the five land portions comprise an inner shoulder land portion including the inner tread end, and an inner middle land portion adjacent to the inner shoulder land portion via the inner shoulder circumferential groove,
wherein the inner shoulder land portion comprises a plurality of inner shoulder sipes connected to the inner shoulder circumferential groove,
wherein the inner middle land portion comprises a plurality of inner middle sipes extending completely across the inner middle land portion in the tire axial direction,
wherein each of the inner shoulder sipes and the inner middle sipes comprises a pair of sipe walls,
wherein each of the inner shoulder sipes and the inner middle sipes comprises a body portion in which the pair of sipe walls are disposed substantially parallel to each other, and
wherein a width of the body portion of each inner shoulder sipe is greater than a width of the body portion of each inner middle sipe.