Patent classifications
B60C2011/0313
Agricultural Vehicle Tire
Tire tread with main lugs extending from a tread edge to the equatorial mid-plane on each side of which are a plurality of secondary lugs (4) extending over 40% to 60% of the tread half-width, each secondary lug (4) having a width 20% to 40% of the shortest distance between two main lugs (3). Each main lug (3) comprises, on its trailing lateral face (32), a widened portion (320) of width D1 extending over an axial distance from a tread edge and being joined to the main lug by end face (321) inclined at an angle B1 between 18 degrees and 25 degrees to the circumferential direction. Each secondary lug (4) has end face (43) inclined at an angle 51 with the same orientation as angle B1 with respect to the circumferential direction, angle 51 being between 18 degrees and 25 degrees.
Pneumatic Tire
Pneumatic tire comprising a tread (1) provided with two edges (2), a center (3) and a plurality of tread bars (10) distributed in a circumferential direction, each tread bar (10) extending in an oblique direction from one of the edges (2) towards the center (3) of said tread (1), the plurality of tread bars (10) comprising at least two adjacent tread bars (11, 12); each of said adjacent tread bars (11, 12) has at least one incision (20, 21, 23) extending along the length of the tread bar, each adjacent tread bar has an overall incision length (LGI) corresponding to the sum of the lengths of the incisions that are part of said tread bar, the widths (LB11, LB12) of said adjacent tread bars (11, 12) are different, and the overall incision length (LGI) in said adjacent tread bars (11, 12) is different.
Pneumatic tire
By forming a ground contact edge side of lug grooves such that the groove depth becomes shallower in groove depth from the tire equatorial plane side toward the ground contact edge, and by setting an average angle of inclination formed between a tread face and a groove bottom to be not more than 5°, water expulsion is performed smoothly in the vicinity of the ground contact edge while securing the rigidity of land portions in the vicinity of the ground contact edge. This enables a high degree of both wet performance and dry performance to be achieved.
Pneumatic tire
A pneumatic tire includes a tread; sidewalls; and beads. Lug grooves are formed in the tread inclining symmetrically about an equator, an inclination angle α of the lug grooves relative to the lateral direction being 15°≤α≤45°. A width W1 of the lug grooves at the tread edge and an interval W2 between the lug grooves at the tread edge satisfying 0.7≤W1/W2≤1.5. Shoulder grooves connecting lug grooves are inclined in an opposite direction to the lug grooves have an inclination angle β relative to the lug grooves being 80°≤β≤100°, a center position of the shoulder grooves being 15% to 35% of tread width TW from the equator. An area A1 of the shoulder grooves and an area A2 of shoulder blocks satisfy 0.2≤A1/A2≤0.6. A groove area ratio of the tread is 0.4 to 0.7.
Tread structure of an agricultural vehicle tire
Agricultural vehicle tire having tread (1) with bearing surface (10) on which main lugs (3) and shorter secondary lugs (3) are formed on each side of the equatorial mid-plane (XX′), each secondary lug (3) interposed between two main lugs (2). The main lugs (2) and secondary lugs (3) make up, in the radial direction, a lens (21, 31) of a first material, each lens (21, 31) surmounted by a second material extending to the contact face of the main lugs and the secondary lugs. The viscous modulus G′1 of the first material is at most 60% of the viscous modulus G′2 of the second material. The complex modulus G′1 of the first material differs from the complex modulus G′2 of the second material, the difference between these complex moduli being at most 30% of the complex modulus G′2 of the second material.
TYRE FOR AGRICULTURAL MACHINE
It is provided a pneumatic tyre having an equatorial plane for an agricultural machine, comprising: a tread having a first and a second lateral tread edge, the axial distance between the first and second lateral tread edges being the width of the tread, wherein the tread comprises a plurality of lugs extending radially between an inner surface of the tread and a tread surface to come into contact with the ground; and first lugs extending from the first lateral tread edge toward the inner equatorial plane, having a shoulder portion extending from the first lateral tread edge and a nose portion at the inner equatorial plane, and each of the first lugs having: an arcuate leading edge that arcs from the first lateral tread edge to an axial leading nose edge next to a substantially circumferential inner nose edge, and an arcuate trailing edge that arcs from the first lateral tread edge to the substantially circumferential inner nose edge; and second lugs extending from the second lateral tread edge toward the inner equatorial plane, having a shoulder portion extending from the second lateral tread edge and a nose portion at the inner equatorial plane, and each of the second lugs having: an arcuate leading edge that arcs from the second lateral tread edge to an axial leading nose edge next to a substantially circumferential inner nose edge, and an arcuate trailing edge that arcs from the second lateral tread edge to the substantially circumferential inner nose edge, wherein for each lug the length of the substantially circumferential inner nose edge is longer than the length of the axial inner nose edge and the width of said lug increases from the corresponding shoulder portion to the nose portion of said lug.
Tire Construction For Vehicle Towing
A tire for positioning a vehicle on a surface includes a first sidewall, a second sidewall and a tread extending between the first sidewall and the second sidewall. The tread includes a first pavement bar and a first plurality of lugs disposed between the first sidewall and the first pavement bar and a second plurality of lugs disposed between the second sidewall and the first pavement bar. The tread includes a first lateral shape at a first inflation pressure so that the first pavement bar touches the surface without the first plurality of lugs or the second plurality of lugs contacting the surface. The tread comprises a second lateral shape at a second pressure less than the first pressure so that the first plurality of lugs, the first pavement bar and the second pavement bar contact the surface.
Tire with a directional tread comprising curved blocks with incisions
Tire comprising a directional tread that has two edges and a center. The tread comprises a plurality of blocks, each block extending continuously along an overall curvature C from one of the edges towards the center of the tread, forming a block central end provided with a central wall. Each block has a width WB and a length LB, this width increasing from the block central end in the direction of the edge. All or some of the blocks of the tread include a median sipe of length S and extending from the block central end along a curvature C substantially identical to the curvature C of the block.
Pneumatic tire
Taking a groove side-wall to a position at a groove depth from a tread face of lug groove as a tread-in side first inclined portion, and taking a groove side-wall from the position at groove depth to a groove bottom as a tread-in side second inclined portion, then the following A1 is set less than the following B1. When viewed in cross-section orthogonal to a length direction of the lug groove: A1 is an area of a region enclosed by an imaginary line passing through an end portion on a tread face side of the tread-in side first inclined portion and perpendicular to the tread face, by an imaginary line passing through an end portion on a groove bottom side of the tread-in side first inclined portion and orthogonal to the imaginary line, and by the tread-in side first inclined portion; and B1 is an area of a region enclosed by an imaginary line passing through an end portion on a tread face side of the tread-in side second inclined portion and perpendicular to the tread face, by an imaginary line passing through the deepest portion of the lug groove and parallel to the tread face, and by the tread-in side second inclined portion.
Pneumatic Tire
A pneumatic tire includes lug grooves having alternating first and second groove portions. The first groove portion intersects an equator, extends in a width direction, and communicates with an adjacent second groove portion. The second groove portion inclines from the first groove portion at a smaller angle relative to a circumferential direction smaller than that of the first groove portion and extends to a tread edge on one side. The first groove portion is on a stepping side with respect to an end on the tread edge side. The second groove portions curve or bend and have an average angle in an inner region smaller than that of the second groove portions in an outer region. A maximum length in the width direction of center blocks defined by narrow grooves connecting adjacent second groove portions and the lug grooves is 25%-35% of a development width.