Patent ID: 11912068
Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 11:
12. The tyre according to claim 8,
wherein the tread portion further comprises a third land portion defined between an outer groove and the second tread edge,
wherein the third land portion is provided with a plurality of fourth lateral grooves connected to the outer groove and extending from the outer groove in the second direction to the second tread edge,
wherein the third land portion is divided into a plurality of third blocks by the outer groove and the plurality of fourth lateral grooves,
wherein each of the third blocks has a first edge and a second edge located at the intersections of the outer groove and the fourth lateral grooves defining the respective block, and a lateral wall extending from the first edge to the second edge and forming part of a second lateral wall of the outer groove,
wherein the first edge of the third block circumferentially faces to a same direction as a first edge of a first block and a first edge of a second block,
wherein an angle between the second lateral wall of the outer groove and the fourth lateral groove at each of the first edges of the third blocks is an acute angle, and
wherein the first edge of each of the third blocks has a larger axial distance from the second tread edge than the second edge of the respective third block.