B60C11/0327

Tire

A tire 1 includes a tread portion 2, and how the tire is to be oriented when mounted to a vehicle is specified for the tire. The tread portion 2 has an outer tread edge T1, an inner tread edge T2, a first crown main groove 4, a second crown main groove 5, and three land portions demarcated by the first crown main groove 4 and the second crown main groove 5. The land portions include an outer shoulder land portion 7 demarcated between the outer tread edge T1 and the first crown main groove 4. The outer shoulder land portion 7 has a largest width in a tire axial direction among the three land portions. The outer shoulder land portion 7 has an outer shoulder lateral groove 20 and an outer shoulder sipe 21.

Tyre for running on rough terrain
11458773 · 2022-10-04 · ·

A tyre for running on rough terrain includes a tread portion. The tread portion includes a crown region, middle regions, and shoulder regions. The crown region is provided with a plurality of crown blocks. The middle regions are provided with a plurality of middle blocks. The shoulder regions are provided with a plurality of shoulder blocks. Each of the middle blocks is connected with at least one of the crown blocks by a crown tie bar and connected with at least one of the shoulder blocks by a shoulder tie bar. A land ratio of the shoulder regions is 90% or more and 115% or less of a land ratio of the crown region.

Two-wheeled vehicle tyre
11383556 · 2022-07-12 · ·

A two-wheeled vehicle tyre includes a tread portion including a tread rubber. The tread rubber includes a cap rubber forming a tread surface and a base rubber disposed radially inwardly of the cap rubber. 300% modulus (M300c) of the cap rubber is greater than 300% modulus (M300b) of the base rubber. Loss tangent (tan δc) of the cap rubber is smaller than loss tangent (tan δb) of the base rubber. The tread surface includes a crown region centered on a tyre equator and a pair of shoulder regions located axially outwardly of the crown region, and a thickness of the cap rubber in the crown region is greater than a thickness of the cap rubber in each of the shoulder regions.

TIRE

In a tire, a tread includes a cap layer forming a part of an outer surface of the tire, a base layer disposed inwardly of the cap layer in a radial direction, and an intermediate layer disposed between the cap layer and the base layer in the radial direction. A loss tangent of the intermediate layer at 30° C. is less than a loss tangent of the cap layer at 30° C. and a loss tangent of the base layer at 30° C. is less than the loss tangent of the intermediate layer at 30° C. The tread includes at least two three-layer body portions formed of the cap layer, the intermediate layer, and the base layer, and at least one two-layer body portion that is formed of the cap layer and the base layer and disposed between a first three-layer body portion and a second three-layer body portion.

PNEUMATIC TIRE
20220111685 · 2022-04-14 · ·

A pneumatic tire has paired bead portions, paired sidewall portions, a tread portion, a plurality of lug grooves extending from a shoulder area of the tread portion to reach a buttress area of the sidewall portion, and a block defined by the plurality of lug grooves. The block includes a shoulder block provided in the shoulder area, and a buttress block provided in the buttress area. The buttress area is provided with an annular rib annularly extending along a tire circumferential direction. The lug grooves are comparted into an outside lug groove positioned in an outer side of the annular rib, and an inside lug groove positioned in an inner side of the annular rib. A widened portion is provided in at least part of the plurality of lug grooves so as to enlarge a width of the annular rib.

Pneumatic tire
11279181 · 2022-03-22 · ·

In a pneumatic tire, a modulus at 300% elongation of a cap tread ranges from 3.0 Mpa to 7.0 Mpa, and the modulus at 300% elongation of an undertread ranges from 10.0 Mpa to 20.0 Mpa. Additionally, an earthing tread is made from a rubber material with a volume resistivity of 1×10{circumflex over ( )}7 Ω.Math.cm or less. The earthing tread is made from the same rubber material as the undertread and has an integral structure with the undertread.

STABILIZER STRUCTURE FOR A TREAD OF A TIRE

A tread for a tire includes a first circumferential main groove, a second circumferential main groove, a third circumferential main groove, and a fourth circumferential main groove. The fourth main groove has a stabilizing structure for increasing tread stiffness. The stabilizing structure has a circumferentially extending subgroove in a radially innermost bottom of the fourth circumferential main groove. The subgroove is axially offset a predetermined amount from a centerline of the fourth circumferential main groove.

TIRE
20220063344 · 2022-03-03 · ·

The tire includes a tread portion having circumferential grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction and land regions demarcated by the circumferential grooves. The circumferential grooves include a first circumferential groove and a second circumferential groove adjacent to the first circumferential groove and having a width larger than the first circumferential groove. The land regions include a first land region demarcated between the first circumferential groove and the second circumferential groove. The first land region has lateral grooves extending in a tire axial direction and lateral sipes extending in the tire axial direction and each having a width smaller than that of each of the lateral grooves. A total value of the widths of the lateral grooves and the lateral sipes connected to the second circumferential grooves is smaller than a total value of the widths of the lateral grooves and the lateral sipes connected to the first circumferential grooves.

TIRE WITH ASYMMETRICAL TREAD WITH REDUCED SHOULDER HEAT GENERATION

A tire having a tread, wherein the tread has an outer shoulder region and an inner shoulder region, wherein each shoulder region is formed from a dual layer strip having a first layer formed of a first compound, and a second layer formed of a second compound, wherein the dual layer strip has a strip ratio of % first compound/% second compound, wherein the outer shoulder region has a strip ratio in the range of 70-95% of the first compound/5-30% of the second compound.

Pneumatic Tire
20210331526 · 2021-10-28 ·

In a pneumatic tire, a block includes recess/protrusions on a road contact surface. Additionally, a recess/protrusion content of the recess/protrusions is from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm. A width of the recess/protrusions is from 0.1 mm to 0.8 mm. A recess/protrusion region is where an arrangement interval between adjacent recess/protrusions is not greater than 1.2 mm. A smooth region other than the recess/protrusion region has an arithmetic mean roughness of the road contact surface of the block not greater than 50 μm. A lateral length of the road contact surface of the block in a tire lateral direction is defined. In this case, the block includes the recess/protrusion region and the smooth region in an optional cross-section in a lateral range of not less than 40% of a lateral length of the road contact surface of the block.