Patent ID: 7681613

Claim:
A pneumatic tire and noise damper assembly comprising a pneumatic tire manufactured by vulcanization using an expandable bladder for molding an inner surface of the tire, the bladder having at least one vent groove extending on its outer surface, the inner surface of the tire being provided with at least one projecting stripe molded by the at least one vent groove of the bladder, and a noise damper being attached to the inner surface of the tire and extending in the circumferential direction of the tire, wherein the at least one projecting stripe comprises at least one first projecting stripe extending in an adhesion region to which the noise damper is attached, the at least one first projecting stripe has a height of from 0.2 to 1.0 mm, a width of from 0.4 to 1.6 mm and a virtual cross-sectional area of from 0.08 to 1.00 mm 2 , and the adhesion region comprises a center region having a smooth surface without projecting stripe and a width of 20 to 95% of the entire width of the adhesion region, and a pair of side regions each being provided with only the at least one first projecting stripe.