PNEUMATIC TIRE

DRIVE August 14, 2024
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Provided is a pneumatic tire in which metal monofilaments are used in a belt layer to further improve wear resistance while improving lightweightness and steering stability. The pneumatic tire includes a belt 15 constituted by at least one belt layer on a tire radial-direction inner side of a tread portion 11, and the belt 15 includes a belt layer in which a reinforcing element containing plural metal filaments aligned in a single row without being twisted together is embedded in an elastomer. The tread portion 11 includes: two or more circumferential main grooves 16 arranged within a width of a ground-contact surface; and land portions 17, and widthwise sipes are arranged in at least one of center land portion. The widthwise sipes each include: a linear portion linearly extending from the surface of the tread portion 11 toward the tire radial-direction inner side; and a bent portion extending from the linear portion toward the tire radial-direction inner side while bending in a tire circumferential direction, and the length of the linear portion increases from an extending length center portion of each widthwise sipe toward at least one of tread widthwise end portions.

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