Tyre (100) for all-terrain vehicles having a tread band (2) comprising: —a central annular portion (A1), located across the equatorial plane (X-X), and two shoulder annular portions (A2, A3), separated from said central annular portion (A1) by two circumferential grooves (3, 4); said central annular portion (A1) having at least one circumferential row (8) of central blocks, comprising a plurality of central blocks (20), and at least two rows (9, 10) of lateral blocks, opposed to each other relative to said at least one circumferential row (8) of central blocks, and comprising a plurality of lateral blocks (21), wherein—said central blocks (20) have a first and a second portion (20a; 20b) located opposite to each other relative to the equatorial plane (X-X); —said central blocks (20) and said lateral blocks (21) have a circumferential dimension greater than 2% of the development extension of the tread of the tyre; —said lateral blocks (21) have an elongate portion (13) and a head portion (14) located at an end of said elongate portion (13); said elongate portion (13) having a dimension SI in axial direction and said head portion (14) having a dimension S2 in axial direction, where S2>S1; —the elongate portion (13) extends according to an extension direction forming an angle α relative to the equatorial plane comprised between 0° and 30°; —said elongate portion (13) has an axially outer lateral wall (15) facing one of said circumferential grooves (3, 4) and an axially inner lateral wall (16) facing one of said first and second portions (20a, 20b) of the central blocks (20); —said head portion (14) has a first transverse wall (17) located so as to form with said axially inner lateral wall (16) a concavity which points towards the equatorial plane (X-X) and is such that the first or the second portion (20a; 20b) of the central block (20) being subsequent in axial direction faces said concavity and is at least partially surrounded by said axially inner lateral wall (16) and by said first transverse wall (17).

A tire is provided with a tread that includes first and second sectors and grooves. The second sectors are formed of a rigid reinforcing compound. Each of the first and second sectors has a contact face intended to contact a road surface when the tire is in use. Each groove includes sidewalls and a bottom, and extends from an end of an adjacent contact face. A depth P of each groove is measured in a radial direction between its bottom and a position corresponding to a radial height of the adjacent contact face. At least one of the second sectors has a contact face that includes a recess having a depth p of less than 2 mm, as measured in a radial direction from a surface of the recess to a position corresponding to a radial height of an adjacent first sector.

A pneumatic vehicle tire, in particular commercial vehicle tire, having a tread having in each case one shoulder-side profile rib (1) which is separated in each case from a central tread portion (3) by a wide circumferential groove (2) which is made to profile depth (T) and which runs around rectilinearly in the circumferential direction, wherein the circumferential groove (2) has a rounded groove base (8) and is delimited at the profile rib (1) by a rib flank (6). Recesses (9) are formed on the rib flank (6) of the circumferential groove (3) at the profile rib periphery, which recesses have, in the direction of extent of the circumferential groove (2), a length of extent (1) of 70% to 90% of the profile depth (T), at most of 30 mm, and in each case have, as seen in plan view, boundary surfaces (10a, 10b) which run toward one another in an L shape and extend in the radial direction, and a bottom surface (11), wherein, as seen in plan view, the one first boundary surface (10a) runs into the profile rib (1) at an angle (β) of up to 35° to the axial direction, and the second boundary surface (10b) runs at an angle (β.sub.2) of 90° to 125° to the first-mentioned boundary surface (10a), and wherein bottom surface (11) is situated at a depth (t) of 15% to 25% of the profile depth (T).

A pneumatic tire is provided. A tread portion includes shallow grooves formed in a road contact surface of each of shoulder blocks, intermediate blocks, and center blocks, defined by a plurality of longitudinal grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction and a plurality of lateral grooves extending in a tire lateral direction, the shallow groove having a smaller groove depth than the longitudinal groove and the lateral groove. The shallow groove extends along the tire lateral direction, and at least one end thereof communicates with the longitudinal groove or the lateral groove. A contour line of the shallow groove is provided with at least one bend point. A sipe is provided in a flat bottom surface of the shallow groove extending along the shallow groove. Among the shallow grooves, center shallow grooves formed in the center block are each provided with a terminating end portion terminating in the center block.

In a pneumatic tire having a point-symmetric structure block pattern, narrow and wide outer blocks having different outer end positions in the lateral direction are alternately arranged in the circumferential direction. Among side blocks provided in a side region, large and small blocks are disposed respectively on the outer sides of the narrow and wide outer blocks in the lateral direction. The lateral and side grooves are continuous such that the groove width of the side groove connected to the wide portion of the lateral groove where the outer block converges toward the inner side in the radial direction, and the groove width of the side portion connected to the narrow portion of the lateral groove where the outer block widens toward the inner side in the radial direction, and the side block is tapered with an inner portion block width in the radial direction converges toward the wide portion.

Provided is a tire in which a first land portion partitions a first main groove from a second main groove. A first lug groove and a first sipe are provided in the first land portion. One end of the first lug groove communicates with the first main groove. The first sipe includes one end communicating with the second main groove and another end communicating with another end of the first lug groove. The first sipe includes a steeply inclined portion extending from the another end of the first lug groove and having an angle with respect to a tire circumferential direction smaller than that of the first lug groove, and a gently inclined portion extending from the steeply inclined portion to the second main groove and having an angle with respect to the tire circumferential direction larger than that of the steeply inclined portion.

A tire capable of reducing air resistance without sacrificing ride comfort is provided. A tire 1 includes a tread portion 2 and sidewall portions 3 extending from both ends of the tread portion 2 through buttress regions 31 and maximum width positions 32 to bead portions 4. A projection portion 33 extending in a tire circumferential direction and a recess portion 34 extending in the tire circumferential direction are formed in each of the buttress regions 31. The projection portion 33 has a projection height of 0.1 to 0.3 mm from a reference surface of the buttress region 31 toward an outer side in a tire radial direction. The recess portion 34 has a recess depth of 0.1 to 0.3 mm from the reference surface toward an inner side in the tire radial direction.

A pneumatic vehicle tire with a tread comprising circumferential grooves (2) and at least one profile rib (1), which runs around in the circumferential direction and formed in which there are grooves (4) which at a groove flank (5) of a circumferential groove (2) that delimits the profile rib (1) open into it, wherein the groove flanks (5) of the circumferential groove (2) run at an angle (β) of 12° to 17° to the radial direction, thereby widening the circumferential groove (2) in the direction of the periphery of the tread. The grooves (4) run at an angle (α) of 45°±20° to the axial direction, end within the profile rib (1), have a maximum depth (t.sub.2) of 3.5 mm and open in each case into a local indentation (7), which is formed at the groove flank (5), reaches up to the periphery of the tread, is concavely rounded along the groove flank (5) and has a bottom (7a) that runs in particular parallel to the periphery of the tread and is at a distance (c), determined in the radial direction, of 0.5 mm to 2.0 mm from the deepest point of the groove (6) of the circumferential groove (2).

A tire includes a tread portion. The tread portion includes a pair of shoulder main grooves and a plurality of crown blocks. Each of the crown blocks includes a ground contacting surface, a chamfered portion arranged so as to surround the entire circumference of the ground contacting surface, and a main body portion arranged inside the chamfered portion in a tire radial direction. The main body portion is provided with at least one step-shaped portion that is bent stepwise in a transverse cross section orthogonal to the ground contacting surface.

A tire has four circumferential grooves. Grooves are on the vehicle installation inner side of the tire, and on the vehicle installation outer side of the tire. Grooves which are on the vehicle installation inner side each have a plurality of fences in the groove arranged alternately along the groove next to each side wall of the groove. Grooves which are on the vehicle installation outer side do not have fences. The fences increase the path length of sound due to pipe resonance and delay the sound in comparison to grooves on the vehicle installation outer side of the tire. This directs the sound towards the inner side of the tire and reduces the noise on the outer side.