A tire has a tread comprising at least two tread pattern elements (MA, MB) distributed periodically in the circumferential direction at pitches (PA, PB). Each tread pattern element is formed of three portions (Z1, Z2, Z3), each defining a volumetric element of which the trailing edge corner is the one common to the tread surface and is the last to leave the contact patch in which the tire is in contact with the ground. With each trailing edge corner being chamfered, in the portions Z1 and/or Z2, and/or Z3, the widths of the chamfers of the trailing edge corners (LC.sub.i.sup.A, LC.sub.i.sup.B, i ranging from 1 to 3) ef satisfy the following inequalities: a)

[00001]$0.8*\frac{PA}{PB}\le \frac{L{C}_1^A}{L{C}_1^B}\le \frac{PA}{PB}*1.2$

for the portion Z1, b)

[00002]$0.8*\frac{PA}{PB}\le \frac{L{C}_2^A}{L{C}_2^B}\le \frac{PA}{PB}*1.2$

for the portion Z2, and c)

[00003]$0.8*\frac{PA}{PB}\le \frac{L{C}_3^A}{L{C}_3^B}\le \frac{}{}$

A tire comprises a tread portion including a first land portion provided with axially extending first lateral sipes. The first lateral sipe has a first sipe wall and a second sipe wall, and opens at a ground contacting top surface via a chamfer portion. The chamfer portion comprises a first sloped surface and a second sloped surface respectively connected to the first sipe wall and the second sipe wall. In a top view of the first land portion, the width W1 of the first sloped surface is larger than the width W2 of the second sloped surface.

A tread for a tire includes a circumferential center tread region comprising a plurality of block elements arranged in a symmetric pattern on opposite sides of a tire equatorial centerplane, a pair of circumferential shoulder tread regions each comprising a plurality of block elements arranged in a symmetric pattern on opposite sides of a tire equatorial centerplane, a leading edge first serrated construction disposed on a leading edge of one of the block elements, and a trailing edge second serrated construction disposed on a trailing edge of one of the block elements.

In a tire, a main groove is formed in a step shape including circumferential extending portions extending in a circumferential direction at positions where positions in a width direction differ. Inclination directions of a second lug groove and a shoulder lug groove in the circumferential direction with respect to the width direction are opposite to one another. In the second lug grooves, two types of the second lug grooves having differentinclination angles with respect to the width direction are alternately disposed. The second lug groove opens to the circumferential extending portion located close to the second lug groove among the circumferential extending portions included in respective center and shoulder main grooves formed in step shapes. A shoulder lug groove opens to the circumferential extending portion located close to the shoulder lug groove among the circumferential extending portions included in the shoulder main groove formed in the step shape.

A pneumatic tire is provided in the tread portion with a land portion including a conductive portion made of a conductive rubber. The conductive portion has a radially inner end electrically connected to a conductive tire internal structural to be connected to a wheel rim, and a radially outer end exposed in a ground contacting top surface of the land portion. The conductive portion extends from its radially inner end to outer end while inclining toward a first side surface of the land portion. The first side surface comprises a radially inner part, and a radially outer part extending radially outwardly from the radially inner part while inclining to the radially outer end of the conductive portion at an angle greater than the radially inner part.

A pneumatic tire includes a narrow groove disposed on a vehicle outer side of a tire equator in the tread portion extending in the tire circumferential direction, wherein the narrow groove has a groove width of from 1 mm to 6 mm; and a plurality of lug grooves disposed in the tread portion that intersect with the narrow groove and include terminating ends on opposite sides, wherein the plurality of lug grooves are each curved toward one side in the tire circumferential direction.

In a pneumatic tire, an outer second land portion, a center land portion, and an inner second land portion have a road contact surface that partially bulges toward the outer side in a tire radial direction from a reference contour line of a tread profile in the cross-sectional view in the tire meridian direction. Additionally, a groove width Wg1 of an outer shoulder main groove, a groove width Wg3 of an inner center main groove, and a groove width Wg4 of an inner shoulder main groove have a relationship of Wg3<Wg1<Wg4, 1.05≤Wg1/Wg3≤1.25, and 1.10≤Wg4/Wg3≤1.30.

Provided is a pneumatic tire. Distances from a tire equator of the first to third main grooves and narrow groove respectively are from 5% to 20%, 20% to 35%, 55% to 70%, and 40% to 60% of a tire ground contact half-width TL/2. First lug grooves reach a ground contact edge on a vehicle inner side and terminate within a first rib, second lug grooves communicate with the third main groove and terminate in a second rib, third lug grooves communicate with the second main groove and terminate within a third rib, fourth lug grooves communicate with the first main groove and terminate within a fourth rib, fifth lug grooves intersect the narrow groove and terminate within the fourth rib and a fifth rib, and sixth lug grooves reach a ground contact edge on the vehicle outer side and terminate within the fifth rib.

Tread having a plurality of generally circumferentially orientated grooves delimiting a plurality of relief elements, this tread further comprising a plurality of cut-outs in the form of transversely orientated grooves and/or slits, each relief element comprising a contact face intended to come into contact with the road and lateral faces cutting this contact face along edges intended to come into contact with a road during running, this tread having chamfers on at least a plurality of transverse edges of the relief elements, this tread having, in straight-line running, a total contact surface S comprising a part Sc in which all the transverse edges have chamfers and a part Snc in which all the transverse edges are free of chamfers, this tread having, in a cornering maneuver corresponding to a transverse acceleration of 0.3 g (where g is the acceleration due to gravity), a total footprint surface S* formed by a part Sc* comprising chamfers on all the transverse edges of its relief elements and a part Snc* free of any chamfer, this tread being such that the ratio Snc/Sc is equal to not more than 2% and that the ratio Snc*/Sc* is equal to or greater than 10%.

A pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion provided on each side of the tire equator with a middle land portion defined between a shoulder main groove and a crown main groove each extending continuously in the tire circumferential direction. The middle land portion is provided with axially inside middle lug grooves and axially outside middle lug grooves arranged alternately in the tire circumferential direction. The axially inside middle lug groove is connected to the crown main groove at an angle θ1 of from 20 to 45 degrees with respect to the tire circumferential direction and has an axially inner opened end and an axially outer closed end. The outside middle lug grooves is connected to the shoulder main groove at an angle θ2 of from 60 to 80 degrees with respect to the tire circumferential direction and has an axially outer open end and an axially inner closed end. The tread portion may be provided with a shoulder land portion comprising circumferential sipes, axial grooves terminating at the circumferential sipes, and a circumferentially continuous rib.