US 11,813,896 B2
Tire
Yuta Sakakibara, Kobe (JP); Tomohiro Hamada, Kobe (JP); Tokuhito Nakajima, Kobe (JP); Sawa Ogihara, Kobe (JP); and Suxiang Yuan, Kobe (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Kobe (JP)
Filed by Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe (JP)
Filed on Sep. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/471,561.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-153820 (JP), filed on Sep. 14, 2020; and application No. 2021-141569 (JP), filed on Aug. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0080780 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B60C 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60C 13/001 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tire comprising:
a visible outer surface being provided with a decorative region at least partially,
the decorative region having 2 to 10 micro-protrusions per 1 mm2,
the micro-protrusions protruding in a tapered manner outwardly of the tire, wherein
the micro-protrusions comprise first protrusions having a conical shape with a first taper angle and second protrusions having a conical shape with a second taper angle greater than the first taper angle,
the first protrusions each comprise a top portion being a flat surface, and
the second protrusions each comprise a top portion being a hemispherical surface convex outwardly of the tire.