Patent classifications
B60C11/1384
Pneumatic tire
The pneumatic tire includes a shoulder main groove and a center main groove disposed in one region demarcated by a tire equatorial plane and a shoulder land portion and a middle land portion defined by the shoulder main groove. The shoulder land portion is a rib that is continuous in a tire circumferential direction, and the middle land portion includes a plurality of middle lug grooves and a plurality of middle blocks defined by the plurality of middle lug grooves. When defining a section in the tire circumferential direction along an edge portion of one middle block close to the shoulder main groove, a groove width of the shoulder main groove continuously increases or decreases in the section.
Tire
A tire includes a tread surface portion with inclined grooves, 2ND longitudinal grooves, and shoulder longitudinal grooves; and an indicator portion that indicates a rotation direction of the tire in which a vehicle travels forward. The inclined groove gradually extends forward in the rotation direction toward a tire equator from the outside in the tire width direction. A front surface among inner surfaces defining the inclined groove includes a first side surface with an inner end portion to which the 2ND longitudinal groove is open, a second side surface positioned closer to an inside than the first side surface and of which an outer end portion is positioned closer to a rear side than the inner end portion of the first side surface, and a stepped surface that connects an inner edge of the first side surface to an outer edge of the second side surface and faces the outside.
Pneumatic tire
A pneumatic tire includes a mounting direction indicator, an inner shoulder and center main grooves, inner shoulder and second lands, and a center land. The inner shoulder and center main grooves are formed inward in a vehicle width direction and extend in a circumferential direction. The inner shoulder and second lands and the center land are defined by the inner shoulder and center main grooves. The inner shoulder land includes a circumferential narrow groove, an inner shoulder lug groove, and an inner shoulder sipe. The circumferential narrow groove extends in the circumferential direction. The inner shoulder lug groove extends from a ground contact edge in a lateral direction, intersects with the circumferential narrow groove, and terminates in the inner shoulder land. The inner shoulder sipe extends from the inner shoulder main groove in the lateral direction, intersects with the circumferential narrow groove, and terminates in the inner shoulder land.
Tire
A tire comprises a tread portion provided with a first crown main groove continuous in the tire circumferential direction, a second crown main groove continuous in the tire circumferential direction, and a center land zone defined therebetween. The center land zone is provided with first center lug grooves extending from the first crown main groove and terminating within the center land zone. Between the adjacent first center lug grooves, a first corner portion, which is formed between a ground contacting surface of the center land zone and a groove wall of the inboard first crown main groove, is provided with a first part and a second part which are arranged in the tire circumferential direction, wherein the first portion is chamfered, and the second part is not chamfered or less chamfered than the first part.
PNEUMATIC TIRE
A pneumatic tire includes a plurality of blocks formed by being divided by a longitudinal groove in a tire width direction and divided by a lateral groove in a tire circumferential direction. The blocks include a first block on the inner side in the tire width direction, a second block on the outer side in the tire width direction, a third block adjacent to the first block in the tire circumferential direction, and a fourth block adjacent to the second block in the tire circumferential direction. The pneumatic tire includes a bridge formed in the longitudinal groove and the lateral groove and coupling the first block, the second block, and the third block, or the third block, the fourth block, and the second block.
TIRE WITH ENHANCED TREAD
A tire includes medial knobs and lateral knobs in right and left zones extending around the circumference. The tire includes a central zone in between two arrays of medial knobs. The central zone may include no knobs or knobs with a height less than 50% of the height of the lateral knobs.
Pneumatic tire
A pneumatic tire is provided that has enhanced traction performance. A shoulder main body portion of a first shoulder block is formed with a step portion projecting out in a tire circumferential direction. A height of the step portion is set lower than a height of a tread face of the shoulder main body portion and higher than the height of a lug groove. The step portion extends from a tire equatorial plane side end portion of the shoulder main body portion, beyond a tire width direction ground contact edge, to a tire shoulder portion.
Pneumatic Tire
A pneumatic tire includes circumferential grooves aligned in a lateral direction and extending in a circumferential direction, lateral grooves aligned in the circumferential direction and extending to cross the circumferential direction, communicating at ends with the circumferential grooves and defining a block-shaped land portion between the circumferential grooves, two narrow grooves aligned in the lateral direction and extending in the circumferential direction, communicating at ends with a lateral groove and dividing the land portion defined by each of the circumferential grooves and each of the lateral grooves into small land portions, the narrow grooves having a smaller groove width than the circumferential grooves and being formed with a bent portion in an intermediate portion, the bent portion being disposed inward in the lateral direction, and bend points of the bent portions being disposed at positions offset from one another in the circumferential direction.
Pneumatic tire
A pneumatic tire includes circumferential grooves aligned in a lateral direction and extending in a circumferential direction, lateral grooves aligned in the circumferential direction and extending to cross the circumferential direction, communicating at ends with the circumferential grooves and defining a block-shaped land portion between the circumferential grooves, two narrow grooves aligned in the lateral direction and extending in the circumferential direction, communicating at ends with a lateral groove and dividing the land portion defined by each of the circumferential grooves and each of the lateral grooves into small land portions, the narrow grooves having a smaller groove width than the circumferential grooves and being formed with a bent portion in an intermediate portion, the bent portion being disposed inward in the lateral direction, and bend points of the bent portions being disposed at positions offset from one another in the circumferential direction.
Pneumatic tire
A pneumatic tire includes a block pitch length of an outer block row that is greater than a block pitch length of the inner block row. The dimensions in the tire width direction of the regions interposed between two circumferential grooves are smaller in the order of the rib, the outer block row, and the inner block row. The inclined grooves defining and forming the rib open only to the circumferential groove in the vehicle mounting inner side region defining and forming the rib.