Patent classifications
B60C11/033
TIRE
A tire includes a mounting direction indicator indicating a tire mounting direction with respect to a vehicle. Additionally, the tire includes a first circumferential groove and a second circumferential groove extending intermittently or continuously in a tire circumferential direction. Additionally, the second circumferential groove is located further on an inner side than the first circumferential groove in a vehicle width direction in a state in which the tire is mounted on a vehicle. In addition, a distance D1 from the tire equatorial plane to the groove center line of the first circumferential groove and a distance D2 from the second circumferential groove to the groove center line have the relationship D1<D
COMPETITION WHEELCHAIR TIRE
In regions, divided by the tire equator, on both sides of the tread surface of a tire, the tire includes a grip area along the entire circumference of the tread, the grip area including a plurality of recessed lines, with a shape recessed toward an inner side of the tire from the outline of the tread surface, that extend from the tread edge side in a direction inclined relative to the tire equator and are arrayed in parallel, and a plurality of sipes that extend toward the tire equator in a direction inclined relative to the tire equator, starting in the grip area and terminating before the tire equator. The negative ratio in the grip area is higher than the negative ratio closer to the tire equator than the grip area.
PNEUMATIC TIRE
In a pneumatic tire, a plurality of first land portions are arrayed adjacent to each other in a tire circumferential direction, and a plurality of second land portions are arrayed adjacent to each other in the tire circumferential direction. Moreover, the first land portions and the second land portions are each arrayed in a staggered manner along a tire equatorial plane. Additionally, the first land portions and the second land portions each include a plurality of through grooves that extend through the first and second land portions and open to a pair of inclined main grooves and a plurality of blocks defined by the through grooves.
TIRE
Provided is a tire comprising a tread formed of a rubber composition comprising a rubber component comprising 0 to 50% by mass of an isoprene-based rubber, wherein the tire satisfies the following conditions (1) to (6): (1) when a tan δ at 30° C. (tan δ.sub.30° C.) is A, A≥0.12, (2) when a ratio (EB.sub.80° C./EB.sub.23° C.) of an elongation at break at 80° C. (EB.sub.80° C.) to an elongation at break at 23° C. (EB.sub.23° C.) is B, 0.60≤B≤1.00, and (3) when an abrasion resistance index with a tire of Comparative example 1 being 100 as measured by a LAT tester is C, 110≤C≤140, (4) when a ratio (LAND.sub.Sh/LAND.sub.Cr) of a land ratio of the entire pair of shoulder parts (LAND.sub.Sh) to a land ratio of the crown part (LAND.sub.Cr) is D, 0.80≤D≤2.00, (5) when a maximum groove depth of the circumferential main groove is E (mm), 5≤E≤20, and
PNEUMATIC TIRE
Provided is a pneumatic tire with wet steering stability performance and dry steering stability performance enhanced in a well-balanced manner.
A dimple group is composed of a plurality of dimples (100 to 104) disposed at intervals and aligned in a tire circumferential direction. When the minimum center-to-center distance between different dimples (100, 102) in an identical dimple group is defined as K and the minimum center-to-center distance between dimples (104, 100) in different dimple groups is defined as L, the ratio L/K is 3.5 or more and 10.0 or less and the minimum center-to-center distance L is 20 mm or more and equal to or less than a ground contact length.
TIRE
A tire includes a tread portion including first and second tread edges, a first shoulder land portion including the first tread edge, and a first shoulder circumferential groove located inwardly in a tire axial direction of and adjacent to the first shoulder land portion and extending continuously in a tire circumferential direction. The first shoulder land portion is provided with a plurality of first shoulder lateral grooves extending from the first shoulder circumferential groove across the first tread edge, each of the plurality of first shoulder lateral grooves has a pair of first groove walls, and the pair of first groove walls is provided with a pair of first chamfer portions that extends from the first shoulder circumferential groove to a first location beyond the first tread edge.
TIRE SET AND TRICYCLE
A tire set for a tricycle having one first wheel and two second wheels includes one first tire to be mounted on the first wheel and two second tires to be mounted on the second wheels. Each of the second tires has a cornering power of 50% or more and less than 100% of a cornering power of the first tire.
PNEUMATIC TIRE
A pneumatic tire is provided which has sufficiently reduced rolling resistance during high-speed running and which has sufficiently improved durability. In this pneumatic tire, which has a tread, at least one rubber layer forming the tread includes a rubber component containing styrene butadiene rubber and isoprene rubber, and is formed from a rubber composition with a loss tangent (30° C. tan δ) less than or equal to 0.14, measured under the conditions of 30° C., frequency 10 Hz, initial strain 5%, and dynamic strain rate 1%; defining Wt (mm) as the cross-section width, Dt (mm) as the outer diameter and virtual volume V (mm3) as the volume of the space occupied by the tire when said tire is installed on the standardized rim and has an internal pressure of 250 kPa, the pneumatic tire satisfies (Formula 1) and (Formula 2).
1600≤(Dt.sup.2×π/4)/Wt≤2827.4 (Formula 1)
[(V+1.5×10.sup.7)/Wt]≤2.88×10.sup.5 (Formula 2)
Tire with optimised tread
A tire, the speed rating of which is at least V, comprises a tread, having a volumetric void ratio at least equal to 2% and at most equal to 20%, having a central part Pc comprising at least one groove, and two lateral parts PI each having a volumetric void ratio at most equal to 2%. The central part Pc of the tread has an axial width at most equal to one third of the axial width LBDR of the tread, and any portion of the central part Pc of the tread that is circumferentially delimited by two meridian planes separated by a circumferential distance dc equal to one tenth of the outer perimeter P of the tire comprises at least one and at most three grooves that open onto the meridian planes delimiting the portion in question.
Tyre
A tyre has a tread portion having a tread ground contacting surface and a main groove having a bottom surface and two groove wall surfaces extending outwardly in a tyre radial direction from the bottom surface. In a lateral cross section perpendicular to a length direction, at least one groove wall surface has an inner groove wall portion connected with the bottom surface and a protruding portion connected with the inner groove wall portion and having a protruding end protruding inwardly in a groove width direction from a groove reference line obtained by extending the inner groove wall portion. The protruding portion has an inclined surface portion extends obliquely between the protruding end and the tread ground contacting surface. When the tread portion in a reference state is loaded with a tyre load of 1.20 times a standard tyre load, the whole inclined surface portion contacts a flat surface.