A method for manufacturing a tread (5) based on uncured rubber material comprises the steps of forming a green form (9) of tread based on uncured rubber material having at least one tread pattern (2) block (3), each tread pattern (2) block (3) having a central portion (11) and at least one lateral portion (12) extending along the central portion (11), of mounting at least one reinforcing ply (7) on at least a part of the central portion (11), and of covering the central part (11) with the aid of the lateral portion (12) in order that the tread pattern (2) block (3) envelops the reinforcing ply (7).

A pneumatic tire includes block rows which are arranged in a tire width direction and each of which includes a plurality of blocks defined by main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction and lateral grooves extending in a tire width direction. The plurality of block rows includes inner block rows which are the block rows other than an outermost block row located most outwardly in the tire width direction. Numbers of the blocks included in the inner block rows increase toward an inner side in the tire width direction. The blocks in each of the inner block rows include an auxiliary-grooves-formed block having, on an outer surface thereof, an auxiliary groove region in which a plurality of drain auxiliary grooves extending in the tire circumferential direction are formed. Occupied areas in each of the inner block rows decrease toward the inner side in the tire width direction.

A tire has a tread comprising at least two tread pattern elements (MA, MB) distributed periodically in the circumferential direction at pitches (PA, PB). Each tread pattern element is formed of three portions (Z1, Z2, Z3), each defining a volumetric element of which the trailing edge corner is the one common to the tread surface and is the last to leave the contact patch in which the tire is in contact with the ground. With each trailing edge corner being chamfered, in the portions Z1 and/or Z2, and/or Z3, the widths of the chamfers of the trailing edge corners (LC.sub.i.sup.A, LC.sub.i.sup.B, i ranging from 1 to 3) ef satisfy the following inequalities: a)

[00001]$0.8*\frac{PA}{PB}\le \frac{L{C}_1^A}{L{C}_1^B}\le \frac{PA}{PB}*1.2$

for the portion Z1, b)

[00002]$0.8*\frac{PA}{PB}\le \frac{L{C}_2^A}{L{C}_2^B}\le \frac{PA}{PB}*1.2$

for the portion Z2, and c)

[00003]$0.8*\frac{PA}{PB}\le \frac{L{C}_3^A}{L{C}_3^B}\le \frac{}{}$

In a tire, width direction edges of lands corresponding to edges of lug grooves include width direction bent portions bent in a circumferential direction. Width direction bent portions closest to a land center portion line and disposed on outer and inner sides in a width direction are outer and inner bent portions, respectively. The lands have a width w1 in the width direction from the outermost side position to the outer bent portion of the lands in the width direction and a width w2 in the width direction from the innermost side position to the inner bent portion of the lands in the width direction, the widths w1, w2 satisfying w2<w1, and a maximum width wb of the lands in the width direction and a width wc between the outer bent portion and the inner bent portion in the width direction satisfy 0.2≤(wc/wb)≤0.6.

A tire for a vehicle wheel includes a tread band. The tread band includes a pattern, including at least two circumferential portions, an elongated ridge, and at least two shoulder blocks. The at least two circumferential portions are disposed in axial side-by-side relationship. At least one of the circumferential portions includes a first geometric module repeated along a circumferential extension direction of the tire. The elongated ridge is bounded by two grooves oblique to the circumferential extension direction and is divided into a plurality of intermediate blocks with respect to an axial extension direction of the tread band. The intermediate blocks are bounded by a plurality of cuts substantially transverse to the elongated ridge. The at least two shoulder blocks are associated with the elongated ridge, are circumferentially aligned along a side edge of the tread band, and are bounded by grooves oriented substantially transversely to the circumferential extension direction.

A tire for a vehicle wheel includes a tread band. The tread band includes a pattern, including at least two circumferential portions, an elongated ridge, and at least two shoulder blocks. The at least two circumferential portions are disposed in axial side-by-side relationship. At least one of the circumferential portions includes a first geometric module repeated along a circumferential extension direction of the tire. The elongated ridge is bounded by two grooves oblique to the circumferential extension direction and is divided into a plurality of intermediate blocks with respect to an axial extension direction of the tread band. The intermediate blocks are bounded by a plurality of cuts substantially transverse to the elongated ridge. The at least two shoulder blocks are associated with the elongated ridge, are circumferentially aligned along a side edge of the tread band, and are bounded by grooves oriented substantially transversely to the circumferential extension direction.

A pneumatic tire that lowers a temperature of a tread portion by promoting heat dissipation thereof is provided. On a tread surface, a narrow groove is formed extending in a direction inclined with respect to a tire circumferential direction and having a width smaller than a depth, and an inflow portion opening to the tread surface is also formed on at least one of walls of the narrow groove facing each other in the tire circumferential direction.

The subject of the disclosure is a tread for a tire, this tread having a tread surface intended to come into contact with a roadway and comprising at least one groove of width W and depth P delimited by two facing lateral walls, these lateral walls being connected together by a groove bottom. At least one groove has a plurality of closing devices for reducing the running resonance noise generated by this groove, each closing device comprising at least two flexible blades, a first flexible blade secured to the bottom of the groove and intended to flex around a first axis, and a second flexible blade secured to a lateral wall delimiting the groove and intended to flex around a second axis, the first flexible blade connected to the bottom having a maximum height H.

A tire includes a first circumferential main groove 11 and a second circumferential main groove 12 in a tread surface 1. A resonator 21 is formed in an intermediate land portion 20 partitioned between the first circumferential main groove and the second circumferential main groove. The resonator has an auxiliary groove 211 whose both ends terminate within the intermediate land portion. The groove depths D1 of the first and second circumferential main grooves are 50% or less of the groove widths W2 of the first and second circumferential main grooves, respectively. The groove depth D3 of the auxiliary groove of the resonator is 70% or more of the groove depth D1 of the first circumferential main groove.

A tire includes a first circumferential main groove 11 and a second circumferential main groove 12 in a tread surface 1. A resonator 21 is formed in an intermediate land portion 20 partitioned between the first circumferential main groove and the second circumferential main groove. The resonator has an auxiliary groove 211 whose both ends terminate within the intermediate land portion. The groove depths D1 of the first and second circumferential main grooves are 50% or less of the groove widths W2 of the first and second circumferential main grooves, respectively. The groove depth D3 of the auxiliary groove of the resonator is 70% or more of the groove depth D1 of the first circumferential main groove.