In a cross-sectional view of a tire, a line connecting, by a single arc, a ground contact edge in a shoulder land, and midpoints of center and middle lands in a width direction is a profile. A distance between intersection points of the profile and lines extended from groove walls, on sides of the center land, of a main groove adjacent to both ends of the center land in the width direction is defined as Wc. Ends of the center land and of the middle land on both sides of the main groove are recessed toward the inner side in the radial direction relative to the profile, the recess of the middle land end is larger than the recess of the center land end, and a range of 0.03Wc from the center land end on the middle land side does not touch the ground.

A two-wheeled vehicle tyre includes a tread portion being provided with a belt layer and a tread rubber disposed radially outwardly of the belt layer. The belt layer includes steel cords oriented along a tyre circumferential direction. The tread rubber includes a cap rubber forming a tread surface and a base rubber disposed radially inwardly of the cap rubber, wherein 300% modulus (M300c) of the cap rubber is greater than 300% modulus (M300b) of the base rubber, and loss tangent (tan δc) of the cap rubber is smaller than loss tangent (tan δb) of the base rubber.

A pneumatic tire having a tread reinforcing component disposed between a tire inner cavity surface and a tire ground contacting surface, and made of a thermoplastic resin. On an arbitrary reference line which extends across the tread reinforcing component in parallel with the tire equator, a distance L1 in the tire radial direction from the tire inner cavity surface to the thickness center point of the tread reinforcing component is in a range of 50% to 95% of a distance L0 in the tire radial direction from the tire inner cavity surface to the tire ground contacting surface.

An adaptive tire traction control system for motor vehicle tires for grip enhancement and rolling friction reduction. The tire surface area is radially divided into multiple zones, in the three zones configuration the tire is composed of an outer shoulder, centre and inner shoulder. The outer shoulder is equipped with a plurality of studs to increase the traction when vehicle is on icy or muddy surfaces. The centre part is made of low friction rubbers for the normal operation to increase fuel economy and lengthen the tires life, and reduced rolling noise. The inner shoulder is equipped with high grip rubber to provide better grip in case of emergency braking. In one embodiment, the tilting mechanism of the tire traction system can be connected to the anti-lock braking system (ABS). In case of emergency braking, the inner shoulder with high grip rubber is brought in contact with the ground to provide more grips.

An adaptive tire traction control system for motor vehicle tires for grip enhancement and rolling friction reduction. The tire surface area is radially divided into multiple zones, in the three zones configuration the tire is composed of an outer shoulder, centre and inner shoulder. The outer shoulder is equipped with a plurality of studs to increase the traction when vehicle is on icy or muddy surfaces. The centre part is made of low friction rubbers for the normal operation to increase fuel economy and lengthen the tires life, and reduced rolling noise. The inner shoulder is equipped with high grip rubber to provide better grip in case of emergency braking. In one embodiment, the tilting mechanism of the tire traction system can be connected to the anti-lock braking system (ABS). In case of emergency braking, the inner shoulder with high grip rubber is brought in contact with the ground to provide more grips.

Provided is a tire having excellent rolling resistance and improved pass-by noise performance. The tire is a pneumatic tire comprising a side rubber provided on an outer side of a carcass in a tire width direction, in a sidewall portion, wherein a thickness of the side rubber in the tire width direction at a tire maximum width position is 1 mm or more, and a ratio 0° C. tan δ/30° C. tan δ of 0° C. tan δ to 30° C. tan δ of the side rubber is 2.00 or more, where the 0° C. tan δ is tan δ at 10 Hz and 0° C., and the 30° C. tan δ is tan δ at 10 Hz and 30° C.

Provided is a tire having excellent rolling resistance and improved pass-by noise performance. A tire comprises a tread portion that includes a base rubber and a cap rubber located on an outer side of the base rubber in a tire radial direction, wherein a thickness of the base rubber in the tire radial direction is 1 mm or more, 30° C. tan δ of the base rubber is 0.20 or less, and a ratio 0° C. tan δ/30° C. tan δ of 0° C. tan δ to 30° C. tan δ of the base rubber is 2.90 or more, where the 30° C. tan δ is tan δ at 10 Hz and 30° C., and the 0° C. tan δ is tan δ at 10 Hz and 0° C.

A pneumatic tire having a tordial tire framework member having bead portions, sidewall portions and an under tread portion, and a ground contacting tread component disposed radially outside the under tread portion. The ground contacting tread component is made of a first resin material. The sidewall portions and the under tread portion are made of a second resin material. The bead portions are made of a third resin material. The tensile elastic moduli E1 to E3 of the first to third resin materials M3, respectively, satisfy E1<E2<E3.

A rubber compound for heavy-duty truck or bus tire treads may comprise: 5 to 100 parts by weight per hundred parts by weight rubber (phr) of a long chain branched cyclopentene ring opening rubber (LCB-CPR) having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of −120° C. to −80° C., a g′vis of 0.50 to 0.91, and a ratio of cis-to-trans of 40:60 to 5:95; 0 phr to 95 phr of a rubber selected from a group consisting of a natural rubber (NR), a polybutadiene rubber (BR), and a combination thereof; 30 phr to 90 phr of a reinforcing filler; and 0.5 phr to 20 phr of a process oil.

A tread surface 20 of the tire 2 includes a center portion C and a pair of shoulder portions S. A contour line of the tread surface 20 is divided into ten parts. Among the ten parts, two parts including an equator PC are represented by arcs, and two parts including ends PE of the tread surface 20, respectively, are represented by arcs. A degree of curvature of each shoulder portion S is higher than a degree of curvature of the center portion C. A ratio of the degree of curvature of the shoulder portion S to a width TW of the tread surface 20 is not less than 50%. A ratio of the degree of curvature of the center portion C to the width TW of the tread surface 20 is not greater than 70%.