A pneumatic vehicle tire, in particular a commercial-vehicle tire, having a one- or multi-ply carcass, a multi-ply belt or breaker and having a profiled tread with grooves formed to a profile depth, wherein the profiled tread is provided at the tire shoulders either with a respective block row (2) or with a respective profile rib (7), wherein the blocks (1) of the shoulder-side block rows (2), or the shoulder-side profile ribs (7) each have a peripheral edge (1a, 7a) laterally delimiting the ground contact patch of the tire, or a shoulder rounding with a radius of up to 30.0 mm, wherein shoulder flank surfaces that extend in a radial direction adjoin the peripheral edges or the shoulder roundings, and wherein, in the case of shoulder roundings, an imaginary section line is defined between an envelope of the tread that is continued beyond the shoulder rounding and the shoulder flank surface that is continued beyond the shoulder rounding. The shoulder flank surfaces are provided, at in particular regular intervals over the tire circumference and within a distance (a) of 1.25 times to 2.5 times the profile depth from the respective peripheral edge (1a, 7a) or, in the case of shoulder roundings, from the imaginary section line, with at least one areal recess (6, 6′, 6″) having a depth (t) of 0.5 mm to 5.0 mm, which contains ribs (5) that extend parallel to one another and have a height (h) such that the ribs (5) do not project beyond the level of the shoulder flank surfaces.

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.

A car tyre (1), in particular a high or ultra high performance car tyre also suitable for use on track, is described. The tread band (8) of the tyre has a central region (L1) having a limited extension, separated from two large shoulder regions, respectively an outer shoulder region (L2) and inner shoulder region (L3). At least the outer shoulder region (L2) and the central region (L1) have a set, limited in type, number, size and extension, of transverse grooves. In the tread band (8) there are also annular portions (S1, S2, M) substantially lacking grooves such that the void-to-rubber ratio being zero.

A tire has a tread portion including a first shoulder land region. The first shoulder land region is provided with first shoulder sipes. Each of the first shoulder sipes is provided with a chamfered portion over an entire lengthwise range from a first longitudinal edge to a first tread edge. Each of the chamfered portions includes a first chamfered portion defined between a shoulder center position and the first longitudinal edge and a second chamfered portion defined between the shoulder center position and the first tread edge. The second chamfered portion has a chamfer volume larger than a chamfer volume of the first chamfered portion.

A tire has a tread portion including a first shoulder land region. The first shoulder land region is provided with first shoulder sipes. Each of the first shoulder sipes is provided with a chamfered portion over an entire lengthwise range from a first longitudinal edge to a first tread edge. Each of the chamfered portions includes a first chamfered portion defined between a shoulder center position and the first longitudinal edge and a second chamfered portion defined between the shoulder center position and the first tread edge. The second chamfered portion has a chamfer volume smaller than a chamfer volume of the first chamfered portion.

A tire includes a narrow shallow grooved region on a land portion defined by a circumferential main groove. The narrow shallow grooved region includes a plurality of narrow shallow grooves that are not open to the circumferential main groove. A ratio of a total area of the narrow shallow grooved region to a ground contact area of the land portion is not less than 0.05 and not greater than 0.60.

The circumferential groove and the circumferential groove of the pneumatic tire are formed inside than a tire equatorial line when mounted to the vehicle. In an outside center land portion and an inside center land portion, linear width direction sipes, width direction sipes and width direction sipes inclined with respect to the tire width direction are formed along the tire width direction. An inside shoulder land portion has a slick portion in which the surface of the inside shoulder land portion is slick in a grounding region of the inside shoulder land portion in a state where normal load is loaded on a tire.

A tire comprises a tread portion comprising three main grooves and four land portions. The main grooves are a first shoulder main groove, a second shoulder main groove and a crown main groove. The land portions include a first middle land portion between the first shoulder main groove and the crown main groove, a second middle land portion between the second shoulder main groove and the crown main groove. The first middle land portion is disposed so that the tire equator is positioned in the ground contact surface thereof. Each of the first middle land portion and the second middle land portion is provided with a plurality of narrow grooves so as to exhibit excellent steering stability and ride comfort.

The invention relates to vehicle tires for utility vehicles, comprising a belt (9) and a tread profile that extends in the axial direction A of the vehicle tire between two tire shoulders, in each of which a profiled shoulder strip (19) is formed that extends over the circumference of the vehicle tire. The profiled shoulder strip is delimited in the axial direction A towards the equatorial plane Ä of the tire by a groove (20), which extends over the circumference of the vehicle tire, and on the profiled strip face facing away from the equatorial plane Ä by a respective surface of the tire lateral wall (2), which forms the profiled shoulder strip (19) flank facing away from the equatorial plane Ä. The tread profile is delimited by a surface which forms the road contact surface on the sectional planes containing the tire axis, said surface forming a surface contour line K which is curved towards the tire between the profiled shoulder strips (19). In at least one profiled shoulder strip (19), the surface which forms the road contact surface is formed as the extension of the curved surface contour line K into the profiled shoulder strip (19) in an axial first extension section (21) of the width a, said extension section adjoining the circumferential groove (20), and the radial position of the surface which forms the road contact surface constantly decreases outwards along the axial extension in a second extension section (22) of the width c, said extension section adjoining the first extension section (21) and extending to the surface of the tire lateral wall. The surface which forms the road contact surface is formed by a first sub-portion (23), which extends to a point P, and a second sub-portion (24), which extends from the point P to the surface of the tire lateral wall (2), in the second extension section (22) such that the surface which forms the road contact surface has a concave contour progression in the first sub-portion (23) and a convex contour progression in the second sub-portion (24) with a turning point of the contour progression in the point P, said point P being arranged outside of the belt (9) in the axial direction A.

A tire including a tread wear indicator is provided. The tire includes a pair of sidewalls, in which each sidewall extends from a respective bead area to a tread. The tread includes a plurality of main circumferential grooves, in which the main circumferential grooves are disposed in and proximate an axial center area of the tread. At least one shallow groove is formed in the tread, and each shallow groove includes a depth relative to the surface of the tread that is less than a depth of each of the main circumferential grooves. A primary tread wear indicator is disposed in at least one of the main circumferential grooves, and a secondary tread wear indicator is disposed in the shallow groove.