A pneumatic tire includes a plurality of center lug grooves disposed at intervals in a tire circumferential direction that extend crossing a tire equator line and include a first groove turning portion and a second groove turning portion; a plurality of shoulder lug grooves disposed in the intervals between the plurality of center lug grooves in the tire circumferential direction extending outward in the tire width direction, an inner end in the tire width direction being disposed outward of an end of the center lug groove in the tire width direction; a pair of circumferential main grooves to which the ends of the center lug grooves and the inner ends of the plurality of shoulder lug grooves in the tire width direction alternately connect; and a circumferential secondary groove disposed around the entire circumference of the pneumatic tire with a wave-like shape.

A heavy-duty pneumatic tire includes a tread pattern including center lug grooves, shoulder lug grooves, a pair of circumferential primary grooves formed in wave-like shapes by alternately connecting ends of the center lug grooves and ends of the shoulder lug grooves and having a smaller width than the width of the shoulder lug grooves, center blocks defined by the center lug groove and the circumferential primary grooves, and a circumferential secondary groove extending in the tire circumferential direction so as to divide regions of the center blocks. The belt portion includes two or greater pairs of belts. The ratio of the width W8 of a belt having a smaller width in each of the belt pairs to the width W7 of a belt having a greater width is 0.75 or greater and 0.90 or less.

A tread pattern is provided with: shoulder lug grooves open at ground contact ends; center lug grooves each having opposite ends; circumferential primary grooves each formed in a wavy shape by connecting ends of the center lug grooves and the inner ends of the shoulder lug grooves in the width direction of the tire; and center blocks defined by the center lug grooves and the pair of circumferential primary grooves. The width of the circumferential primary grooves is smaller than the width of the shoulder lug grooves. The center lug grooves are tilted relative to both the circumferential direction and the width direction of the tire and each have a third groove turning portion and a fourth groove turning portion which protrude in the different directions in the circumferential direction of the tire.

The present technology provides a heavy duty pneumatic tire with a tread portion having a tread pattern including: a pair of circumferential primary grooves defined in a wave-like shape and extending in the tire circumferential direction; center lug grooves; center blocks; and circumferential secondary grooves extending in regions of the center blocks and open to the center lug grooves. The center lug grooves have two groove turning portions turned in a bend shape or a curved shape. The circumferential secondary grooves extend in an inclined manner relative to the tire circumferential direction. An inclination angle (θ.sub.4) of the circumferential secondary grooves relative to the tire circumferential direction is different from an inclination angle (θ.sub.1) of portions of the circumferential primary grooves relative to the tire circumferential direction, the portions extending toward the same side as a side in the tire width direction, toward which the circumferential secondary grooves are inclined.

A pneumatic tire with improved heat build-up resistance in a land portion in a tread center region. The pneumatic tire is provided with a tread pattern that includes a plurality of center lug grooves (14) disposed at intervals in a tire circumferential direction that cross a tire equator line; a plurality of shoulder lug grooves (12A, 12B) disposed in intervals between the plurality of center lug grooves in the tire circumferential direction extending outward in the tire width direction, an inner end in the tire width direction being disposed outward of an end of the center lug groove in the tire width direction; a pair of circumferential primary grooves (11A, 11B) extending around an entire circumference of the pneumatic tire in a wave-like shape with the ends of the center lug grooves and the inner ends of the plurality of shoulder lug grooves in the tire width direction alternately connecting to the pair of circumferential primary grooves (11A, 11B); and a circumferential secondary groove (10) disposed on the tire equator line around the entire circumference of the pneumatic tire that intersects the center lug grooves.

A straight line that joins an intersection portion between the center lug groove and the circumferential secondary groove and the end of the center lug groove has an inclination angle with respect to the tire circumferential direction ranging from 55° to 75°.

Provided is a pneumatic tire, a mounting direction of which is specified with respect to a vehicle, which includes: a tread portion extending in a tire circumferential direction and having an annular shape; a pair of sidewall portions disposed on both sides of the tread portion; and a pair of bead portions disposed inward of the sidewall portions in a tire radial direction; wherein a sound absorbing member is fixed via an adhesive layer to an inner surface of the tread portion along the tire circumferential direction, and a center position in a width direction of the sound absorbing member is disposed on a vehicle outer side.

A tyre 1 for a motorcycle comprises a tread portion 2 and a pair of sidewall portions 3 connected with both ends of the tread portion 2 and extending inwardly in a tyre radial direction. A connecting portion 9 of the tread portion 2 and at least one of the pair of the sidewall portions 3 is provided with a plurality of protruding portions 10 each protruding outwardly in a tyre axial direction. The plurality of the protruding portions 10 is arranged in a tyre circumferential direction with a space 11 between each other.

The molding element has a molding surface for forming a contact face of the contacting elements and a groove forming rib portion for forming the groove. The groove forming rib portion has opposed rib side faces for forming opposed groove side faces and a rib top face connecting the rib side faces for forming a groove bottom. The groove forming rib portion provides at least one space opening to at least one of the rib side faces and/or to the rib top face and an insert is received in the space. The insert is composed of a plurality of thin plates stacked in a direction along which the rib extends and comprises at least one notched plate of thickness t1 including at least one notch for forming a flexible fence of the closing device; and comprises at least one support plate of thickness t2 without notch.

A pneumatic tire includes a tread having a shoulder main groove, and a center main groove such that the tread is divided into a shoulder land portion and a middle land portion between the shoulder main groove and center main groove. The shoulder and center main grooves are formed such that a ratio W1/W2 of a tire axial direction width W1 of the shoulder land portion to a tire axial direction width W2 of the middle land portion is in range of 6 to 2.4. The shoulder land portion has a shoulder narrow groove formed on a shoulder main groove side and continuously extending in the tire circumferential direction such that the shoulder narrow groove has groove width smaller than groove width of the shoulder main groove, and the tread is formed such that a first camber amount is in range of 5.3% to 6.5% of tread ground contact width.

A pneumatic tire whose position when mounted on a vehicle is specified so that the tread portion 2 has an outside tread edge Te1 and an inside tread edge Te2. The tread portion 2 comprises an outside land region 4A provided with first sipes 10 extending across the entire width of the outside land region. The first sipe 10 comprises a v-shaped portion 13 formed by a first oblique segment 11 and a second oblique segment 12. The v-shaped portion 13 has an apex 15 located on the outside-tread-edge side of a widthwise center of the outside land region 4A. The maximum depth d2 in the second oblique segment 12 is smaller than the maximum depth d1 in the first oblique segment 11.