PNEUMATIC TIRE
DRIVE
March 2, 2016
Tire with excellent high-speed durability and wear resistance, wherein the profile 35 of the tread surface ranging from equatorial plane (CL) to tread edge 28 is formed of multiple arcs protruding in a radially outward direction, wherein when the i-th arc counted from the equatorial plane (CL) in an axially outward direction is set as arc (Ci), and when the radius of arc (Ci) is set as (Ri), then arc C(i+1) and arc (Ci) make contact at the point where they intersect; the radius (Ri+1) is not greater than radius (Ri); the amount of curvature of the tread profile is defined by a tangent to the tread profile and inclined at an given angle (¸) relative to the axial direction, wherein the point where the virtual line (Lt) makes contact with profile (35) of the tread surface is set as (Pt), and when the axial width from the equatorial plane (CL) to contact point (Pt) is set as (Wt), then the width (Wt) at an inclination angle (¸) of 3 degrees and the width (W) ranging from the equatorial plane (CL) to tread edge 28 are set to have a ratio Wt/W of less than 65%
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