B60C2011/036

TIRE

A tread portion 2 includes four circumferential grooves 3 and five land portions 4. Each of the five land portions 4 is provided with no groove having a groove width greater than 2.0 mm, and is provided with only sipes 9. The four circumferential grooves 3 include a shoulder circumferential groove 5. The five land portions 4 include a shoulder land portion 11 and a middle land portion 13. The middle land portion 13 is provided with a plurality of middle sipes 30. The shoulder land portion 11 is provided with a plurality of shoulder sipes 20 each extending from the shoulder circumferential groove 5 to a position beyond a tread end. At least one of the shoulder sipes 20 includes an inclined portion 21. A maximum angle of the inclined portion 21 with respect to a tire axial direction is not greater than a maximum angle of the middle sipe 30 with respect to the tire axial direction. A difference between the maximum angle of the inclined portion 21 and the maximum angle of the middle sipe 30 is not greater than 5°.

TIRE

Provided is a 5-rib tire that can have improved steering stability and noise performance A tread portion 2 includes four circumferential grooves 3 and five land portions 4. Two tread ends are ends of a 50%-load ground-contact surface. Each of the five land portions 4 is provided with no groove having a groove width greater than 2.0 mm, and is provided with only sipes 9. The five land portions 4 include a shoulder land portion 11. The shoulder land portion 11 is provided with a plurality of shoulder sipes 20. At least one of the shoulder sipes 20 includes an inclined portion 21 and an axial portion 22. The axial portion 22 cross the tread end.

TIRE
20230082581 · 2023-03-16 · ·

A tire includes a tread portion including four circumferential grooves extending continuously in the tire circumferential direction and five land portions divided by the four circumferential grooves. The five land portions include a first middle land portion located between a first tread edge and a tire equator. The first middle land portion is provided with first middle sipes inclined with respect to a tire axial direction and fully traversing the first middle land portion in the tire axial direction. Each first middle sipe includes a pair of sipe edges, and at least one of the pair of sipe edges opens at the ground contact surface via a chamfer portion over an entire length thereof. The chamfer portion has a chamfer width increasing continuously from a first longitudinal edge to a second longitudinal edge of the first middle land portion.

TIRE
20230128093 · 2023-04-27 ·

In a tire with a specified mounting direction, groove area ratios Rin and Rout in ground contact regions on the vehicle inner and outer sides, respectively, satisfy Rin>Rout, average land portion areas Ain and Aout of intermediate regions Min and Mout on the vehicle inner and outer sides, respectively, satisfy Ain<Aout, the number of blocks Nin and Nout in the intermediate regions Min and Mout, respectively, satisfy Nin≥1.5×Nout, total sipe lengths Sin and Sout in the intermediate regions Min and Mout, respectively, satisfy Sin>Sout, and sipes formed in the intermediate region Min have a three-dimensional structure in a range of 70% or more of a sipe length.

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.

Pneumatic Tire
20170361660 · 2017-12-21 ·

A pneumatic tire comprises in a tread surface thereof a land portion that comprises a plurality of blocks. Each of the blocks comprises in a contact patch thereof a plurality of narrow shallow grooves and a plurality of recessed portions disposed separated from the narrow shallow grooves. The narrow shallow grooves have a groove width of from 0.2 mm to 0.7 mm and a groove depth of from 0.2 mm to 0.7 mm. The recessed portions have the same depth as the narrow shallow grooves.

TREAD FOR HEAVY TRUCK WINTER TIRE

The tread has four grooves that delimit a central, intermediate and edge regions. Each intermediate region is divided into elongated raised elements that delimit oblique grooves which open into the circumferential grooves and are inclined at an average angle of between 30 and 60 degrees relative to the circumferential direction. The raised elements have an average circumferential length of between 50 and 70 mm. The depth of the oblique grooves is at least 30% of the depth of the circumferential grooves. Each raised element has a plurality of sipes that open into the oblique grooves. Each raised element also has an internal and oblique cut that has a total depth at least equal to 75% of the thickness PMU to be worn away. The oblique cut has a wide part and a part that forms a sipe that extends by a channel that forms a new groove after wear.

TIRE
20230191850 · 2023-06-22 ·

A tire includes a plurality of circumferential main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction, and a pair of shoulder land portions and one or more rows of center land portions defined by the plurality of circumferential main grooves. Further, at least one of the pair of shoulder land portions includes a plurality of shoulder lug grooves and a plurality of shoulder blocks defined and formed by the plurality of shoulder lug grooves. Additionally, at least a part of the plurality of shoulder blocks includes a notch portion that connects edge portions separated from a tire ground contact edge and a buttress portion. Additionally, the notch portion has a step-shaped wall surface in a cross-sectional view in a tire meridian direction.

PNEUMATIC TIRE
20220055411 · 2022-02-24 ·

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.

Pneumatic tire
09783006 · 2017-10-10 · ·

A pneumatic tire including a tread portion, side wall portions, and bead portions, wherein the tread portion includes a plurality of circumferential grooves having a groove width of not less than 3.0 mm and which extend in a tire circumferential direction while meandering, and a plurality of lateral grooves having a groove width of not less than 3.0 mm and which communicate between a pair of circumferential grooves adjacent in a tire width direction. The circumferential grooves and the lateral grooves partition two rows of polygonal blocks formed by arranging a plurality of polygonal blocks, having a polygonal shape with not less than five corners, in a staggered manner along the tire circumferential direction. A polygonal rib extending in the tire circumferential direction is disposed between the two rows of polygonal blocks. The polygonal rib is adjacent to the two rows of polygonal blocks.