Patent ID: 9428012
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: B60C

Claim Text:
1. A tire comprising: a plurality of blocks provided to a tread; two open sipes are formed in a tire circumferential direction central portion of each of the blocks, segmenting each of the blocks into a small block portion configured between the two open sipes, the small block portion having no sipe, and large block portions configured at the two tire circumferential direction outsides of the small block portion, the large block portions being longer in tire circumferential direction length than the small block portion, the large block portions not separated by an open sipe in the circumferential direction; and a closed sipe disposed in each of the large block portions, each closed sipe extending along an outer surface of the large block portion in the tire width direction and ending within the block, with the closed sipes formed to extend radially inward with a depth that is deeper than the open sipes, wherein a length of the closed sipe extending in the tire width direction is greater than a length of the closed sipe extending in the tire circumferential direction, and wherein a depth dimension of the closed sipes is set to be greaLer than 120% and less than or equal to 140% of a depth dimension of the open sipes.