B60C2011/0353

TIRE
20230125440 · 2023-04-27 · ·

A tire includes a tread having a shoulder region, a shoulder transverse groove being fixedly set in the shoulder region, and a shoulder block row configured by aligning the shoulder blocks in a tire-circumferential direction, in which the shoulder transverse groove has an angle formed by a groove wall and a vertical line drawn from a groove opening end position to a tread surface of the shoulder block within a range of 10 to 20 degrees, and the groove wall and groove bottom are connected by a concave surface with a radius of curvature of at least 6 mm and no more than 15 mm.

Tire
11633990 · 2023-04-25 · ·

A tire having a circumferential groove having a groove bottom and a pair of groove walls. The groove bottom is provided with groove bottom raised portions protruding radially outwardly from a reference plane 5a. The groove bottom raised portions are a first groove bottom raised portion located on a first side in the width direction of the circumferential groove and a second groove bottom raised portion located on a second side in the width direction. The first and second groove bottom raised portions each has a plurality of repeating units having a first bottom surface extending substantially in the tire radial direction and a second bottom surface inclined with respect to the tire radial direction at a larger angle than the first bottom surface. The inclination direction of the second bottom surfaces of the first groove bottom raised portion is opposite to the inclination direction of the second bottom surfaces of the second groove bottom raised portion.

PNEUMATIC TIRE
20220324262 · 2022-10-13 · ·

A pneumatic tire includes a circumferential direction groove extending in a zigzag shape with a first groove part and a second groove part being aligned alternately, a first land part and a second land part. A first lateral groove has a first opening that opens to the first groove part, one groove wall of the first lateral groove is connected to a first land part-side second groove wall demarcating the first land part in the second groove part. A second lateral groove has a second opening that opens to the first groove part and longer than the first opening in the tire circumferential direction, one groove wall of the second lateral groove is connected to a second land part-side second groove wall demarcating the second land part in the second groove part, and the second opening is provided on an extension of the first land part-side second groove wall.

MOTORCYCLE TIRE
20220332146 · 2022-10-20 · ·

A motorcycle tire includes a tread portion including a crown portion that is a region of 50% of a tread development width centered on a tire equator, a first shoulder portion that is an outer region of the crown portion, and first lateral grooves. Each lateral groove includes a first groove portion in the crown portion, a second groove portion in the first shoulder portion, and a third groove portion connecting the first and second groove portions. A groove depth and a groove width of the third groove portion are respectively smaller than groove depths and groove widths of the first groove portion and the second groove portion, respectively. More than 80% of a tire axial length of the third groove portion is in the first shoulder portion.

TIRE

A tire includes a tread portion including a first land portion, the first land portion being provided with a plurality of first sipes. The plurality of first sipes extends in an arc shape manner. The plurality of first sipes is arranged on the first land portion without communicating with lateral grooves extending in a tire axial direction. In a tread plan view, a virtual sipe reference line of each of the plurality of first sipes has an angle equal to or less than 10 degrees with respect to a tire circumferential direction, wherein the virtual sipe reference line is a straight line that connects both ends of each of the plurality of first sipes.

Tire
11618284 · 2023-04-04 · ·

A tire includes a tread portion. The tread portion has a main groove extending continuously in a tire circumferential direction, and a land portion adjacent to the main groove. The land portion has lateral grooves extending from the main groove in a tire axial direction. Each of the lateral grooves has a first portion communicating with the main groove, and a second portion connected to the first portion. The first portion has a larger groove width than the second portion and has a smaller groove depth than the second portion.

TIRE

A tire includes a tread portion provided with a first land region demarcated between a shoulder circumferential groove and a tread edge. The first land region is provided with first sipes extending in a tire circumferential direction, axial sipes, and first axial grooves extending from the tread edge. The first sipes are not connected with the first axial grooves. Each of the axial sipes has an axially inner end connected with the shoulder circumferential groove. Each of the axial sipes has an axially outer end connected with one of the first sipes.

Tyre for a motorcycle
11648802 · 2023-05-16 · ·

A tyre for a motorcycle includes a tread portion. The tread portion includes a crown longitudinal groove extending in a tyre circumferential direction on a side of a tyre equator, a shoulder longitudinal groove extending in the tyre circumferential direction on a side of a first tread edge, and a middle groove arranged between the crown longitudinal groove and the shoulder longitudinal groove. The middle groove includes a plurality of middle main groove portions arranged in the tyre circumferential direction and each protruding toward the tyre equator or the first tread edge. Each of the middle main groove portions is formed in a bent line shape or in an arc shape. Each of the middle main groove portions includes a shallow bottom portion having a groove depth smaller than a maximum groove depth of the shoulder longitudinal groove and a maximum groove depth of the crown longitudinal groove.

Tire comprising working layers having an improved architecture

Tire comprising at least one working layer (41). The radially outermost one thereof comprises at least one undulation (412) radially on the outside of the points of the working layer (41) that are in line with the centre of the bottom face (243) of the major groove (24) closest to undulation (412). The undulation (412) of the radially outermost working layer (41) is such that, over at least 10% of the radially outer surface (ROS) of the said working layer (41), the radial distance (do) between the radially outer surface (ROS) and the tread surface (21) is at least 1 mm less than the radial distance (dc) between the radially outer surface (ROS) and the tread surface (21), which is the distance in line with the centre of the bottom face (243) of the major groove (24) closest to the said undulation (412).

HEAVY DUTY TIRE
20230150313 · 2023-05-18 · ·

In a tire meridian cross-section in a 5% internal pressure state of a heavy duty tire, a first radius of curvature of a first ground-contact surface profile of each of a center land portion, an inner region of a first middle block, an outer region of the first middle block, and a first shoulder block can be defined. In addition, a ratio (Wa/Da) of a groove width Wa to a groove depth Da of a center circumferential groove may not be larger than 0.25. Furthermore, a ratio (Lb/La) of a maximum length Lb in a tire axial direction to a maximum length La in a tire circumferential direction in the first middle block can be defined.