PNEUMATIC TIRE

DRIVE January 7, 2026
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A pneumatic tire includes, on a tread surface, circumferential main grooves extending in the tread circumferential direction, rib-like land portions defined between circumferential main grooves adjacent in the tread width direction or by circumferential main grooves and tread edges, and resonators, arrayed circumferentially in the rib-like land portions, each including a narrowed neck and an air chamber. The narrowed neck is a widthwise sipe opening at one end to the circumferential main groove that defines the rib-like land portion, extending therefrom in the tread width direction, and terminating at another end within the rib-like land portion. The air chamber is a circumferential sipe connected to the other end of the widthwise sipe, extending in the tread circumferential direction, terminating at both ends within the rib-like land portion, and including a first widened portion, at the sipe bottom, with a larger sipe width than at the tread surface side.

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