The tire can have a tread portion. The tread portion can include a first shoulder circumferential groove and a first shoulder land portion. In the first shoulder land portion, a plurality of first shoulder lateral grooves can be disposed. At least one of the first shoulder lateral grooves can include an inner end connected to the first shoulder circumferential groove, a maximum groove width portion, and an outer portion. The maximum groove width portion can be at almost the center, in a tire axial direction, of a ground contact surface of the first shoulder land portion. A groove width at the inner end and a groove width, on a first tread end, of the first shoulder lateral groove can each be less than the maximum groove width. A groove width of the outer portion can be reduced outward in the tire axial direction.

A tire can include a tread, sidewalls, beads, and a carcass. Each bead can include a core and an apex. A ratio of a height of the apex to a cross-sectional height of the tire may be not less than 5% and not greater than 15%. In a meridian cross-section of the tire in a standard state, a contour of a side surface including a maximum width position can include two arcs tangent to each other at the maximum width position. The arc located inward of the maximum width position in a radial direction can be a first arc, and the arc located outward of the maximum width position in the radial direction can be a second arc. A ratio of a first radius of the first arc to a second radius of the second arc may be not less than 70% and not greater than 91%.

A tire has a tread portion that can include a first tread ground contact end on one side in a tire axial direction, a first shoulder circumferential groove closest to the first tread ground contact end, and a first shoulder land portion demarcated to be disposed outwardly of the first shoulder circumferential groove in the tire axial direction. A plurality of first shoulder grove portions extending from the first shoulder circumferential groove to the first tread ground contact end e1 can be in the first shoulder land portion. A pair of first shoulder groove portions adjacent to each other in a tire circumferential direction can have different angles relative to the tire axial direction. The plurality of first shoulder groove portions can include a plurality of kinds of first shoulder groove portions having different first pitch lengths at a connecting portion to the first shoulder circumferential groove. A maximum value of the first pitch length can be 1.2 to 1.5 times an average of the first pitch lengths.

A tire includes a tread portion including a first shoulder land portion provided with first shoulder lateral grooves extending from a first tread edge to a first shoulder circumferential groove, a second shoulder land portion provided with second shoulder lateral grooves extending from a second tread edge and terminating within the second shoulder land portion, a first middle land portion provided with first middle lateral grooves extending from the first shoulder circumferential groove and terminating within the first middle land portion, a second middle land portion provided with outer and inner second middle lateral grooves respectively extending from the second crown circumferential groove and the second shoulder circumferential groove and terminating within the second middle land portion, and a crown land portion provided with crown lateral grooves extending from the first crown circumferential groove and terminating within the crown land portion.

A tire fixedly sets shoulder transverse grooves in each shoulder region of the tread, includes a shoulder block row configured by aligning in a tire-circumferential direction shoulder blocks, in which the sidewall includes a side block row configured by a plurality of side blocks fixedly set side-by-side in the tire-circumferential direction, and protruding from a surface of the sidewall, and a circumferential-direction dimension of one side block is larger than a circumferential-direction dimension of a region in which one shoulder block and two shoulder transverse grooves demarcating the one shoulder block exist.

In a pneumatic tire, a tread portion comprises longitudinal and/or lateral grooves; a groove area ratio of a vehicle inner side region of the tread portion ranges from 30% to 39%; a difference between the groove area ratio Sin and a groove area ratio Sout ranges from 6-14%; and the rubber composition comprises a diene rubber comprising from 10-30 parts by mass of natural rubber and from 70-90 parts by mass of a solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber and/or an emulsion polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber per 100 parts by mass of the diene rubber, from 80-150 parts by mass of silica per 100 parts by mass of the diene rubber, from 0.5-10 parts by mass of a cyclic polysulfide per 100 parts by mass of the diene rubber, and from 3-10 mass % of an alkyltriethoxysilane having an alkyl group having from 3-20 carbons relative to an amount of the silica.

A wheel for a vehicle (e.g., a construction vehicle, an all-terrain vehicle, or other off-road vehicle) or other device, in which the wheel comprises a non-pneumatic tire and may be designed to enhance its use and performance and/or use and performance of the vehicle or other device, including, for example, to be able to be used longer and/or in more challenging conditions, such as, for instance, by being more thermally efficient (e.g., to avoid or reduce adverse effects such as rapid degradation in material properties that could otherwise arise due to excessive temperatures) and/or more resistant to cracking or other damage which could lead to premature failure (e.g., due to manufacturing artifacts and/or rocks and other hazards that can cut, chip, or tear it during use).

A tire tread sculpture designed to achieve a high level of dry braking and great handling while not sacrificing snow traction a sculpture design implementing a continuous rib design across the entire width of the tire summit while reducing lateral pull due to the effect of the tread sculpture is disclosed, the tread sculpture having a plurality of lateral shoulder region features at a first angle and a center rib with a plurality of center features at an angle opposite to the shoulder region features.

A tire has a tread portion having a second middle land region which is provided with middle lateral grooves and circumferentially divided into middle blocks. Each middle block is provided with two first middle sipes extending from a second shoulder circumferential groove, and one second middle sipe disposed between the two first middle sipes. Each first middle sipe extends in a wavy manner in its depth direction. The second middle sipe extends straight in its depth direction. The second middle sipe extends from the second shoulder circumferential groove and is terminated within the second middle land region.

A tyre tread (10) has a groove (12) having a snow trapping device in the form of a dam (14) in it. The dam (14) is attached to a bottom wall (16) of the groove (12), and to side walls (18, 20) of the groove (12). The dam (14) has a first, snow trapping surface (22) and a second, inclined surface (24) which face in opposite sides in the groove longitudinal direction. The second, inclined surface (24) directs the flow of water away from the bottom wall (16). A hole (32) and a sipe (34) form a passageway (30) for water through the dam (14) in the groove longitudinal direction. The passageway reduces water flow recirculation. The whole of the dam (14) is between the side walls (18, 20) of the groove (12).