Patent ID: 8302647
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: B60C,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A pneumatic tire, including a tread portion comprising a plurality of block arrays each of which is constituted of a plurality of blocks that are partitioned by a plurality of main grooves extending in a circumferential direction of the tire and a plurality of lateral grooves crossing the main grooves, wherein at least one of the block arrays is provided with a thin rib that continuously extends in the circumferential direction of the tire in a central area of the block array as viewed in a width direction of the tire and is partitioned by two sipes extending in the circumferential direction of the tire, each of the two sipes being in communication with lateral grooves, and the depth of the sipes extending in the circumferential direction of the tire is 0.7 times or less of the depth of the lateral grooves.