Patent classifications
B60C2011/0365
Heavy duty tire and method for manufacturing the same
A heavy-duty tire includes a tread portion including a crown land portion, a shoulder land portion with a tread edge and a middle land portion disposed therebetween. In a tire cross-section of a 5% inflated state, the tread portion comprises a surface profile which comprises an inner arc portion having a radius (R1) of curvature with a center located in a tire equatorial plane and an outer arc portion having a radius (R2) of curvature smaller than the radius (R1) of curvature of the inner arc portion and intersecting the inner arc portion at an inflection point (P). The inflection point (P) is located on the middle land portion, wherein a distance (Lp) in the tire axial direction from the tire equatorial plane to the inflection point (P) is in a range of from 0.35 to 0.50 times a tread half-width (Wt).
Tire
A tire includes a tread portion being divided into four land portions by one circumferentially extending crown main groove and two circumferentially extending shoulder main grooves arranged one on each side of the crown main groove. The four land portions include two crown land portions disposed one on each side of the crown main groove. Each of the crown land portions is provided with first crown lateral grooves each extending from the crown main groove and terminating within the crown land portion and second crown lateral grooves each extending from the adjacent shoulder main groove and terminating within the crown land portion. In each of the crown land portion, the first crown lateral grooves and the second crown lateral grooves extend at least to an axial center location of the crown land portions.
Siped tread for off-road tire
Tread (10) for a tire of an off-road vehicle. Total width Wt of the tread is greater than 600 mm and has at least three circumferential main grooves (1, 2, 3, 4) at least 60 mm deep that divide the tread into intermediate ribs (51, 52, 53) and edge ribs (8). The edge ribs have a width≤0.25 Wt. At least one of the intermediate ribs (51, 52, 53) has fine grooves (61, 62, 63) of depth H1 delimiting blades of material (71, 72, 73) of mean width B1<2H1. Grooves (61, 62, 63) are oriented in the axial direction of the tire. Each intermediate rib (51, 52, 53) has a mean width≤0.25 Wt and ≥0.75 Ht (thickness of material to be worn away). Grooves, (61, 62, 63) have, over a height H12 at least equal to 65% of H1, a width≤ to the value obtained from 0.04√{square root over (B1.Math.H1)}.
Pneumatic Tire
A pneumatic tire includes two circumferential main grooves disposed in an inner half of a tread developed width in a tire lateral direction; shoulder lug grooves that divide shoulder land portions into shoulder block portions and that each include a see-through portion in the tire lateral direction; and center lug grooves that divide a center land portion into a plurality of center block portions. The center lug grooves each include: two end groove portions opening to the innermost circumferential main grooves and one center groove portion that extends between the end groove portions, has at least a part disposed on a tire equator line, and has an angle θ.sub.1 with respect to the tire equator line satisfying −45°≤θ.sub.1≤+15°.
PNEUMATIC TIRE
Provided is a pneumatic tire. At least one land portion is defined and formed by a plurality of circumferential main grooves provided in a tread surface. A main sipe including a body portion and a chamfered portion is formed in at least one side of the body portion. A branch sipe branching from the chamfered portion is provided. The depth of the body portion is equal to or greater than the depth of the branch sipe.
PNEUMATIC TIRE
The ground contact end is an end of a tread surface in the tire width direction in a state where the tire at an internal pressure of 230 kPa is under a load of 70% of the maximum load according to the load index. The predetermined region T is a region in a portion outside the ground contact end in the tire width direction and is defined between the ground contact end and a location spaced apart from the ground contact end by a distance corresponding to 8% or more and 15% or less of a width from the ground contact end to the other ground contact end in the tire width direction. The predetermined direction forms an angle of 0 degrees or more and 35 degrees or less with respect to a circumferential direction of the tire.
Pneumatic tire
A pneumatic tire includes lug grooves in a tread surface of a shoulder land, the lug grooves crossing a circumferential direction and terminating at a first side within the shoulder land and passing through a contact edge at a second side; and a notch formed on an opening edge of the lug grooves, the notch being cutout from the tread surface cut radially inward. The lug grooves have a width decreasing from the first to the second side, an end position of the lug grooves is disposed from a main groove from 5% to 35% of a lateral dimension from the main groove to the ground contact edge, and a maximum groove width position is disposed from the main groove 40% or less of the lateral dimension from the main groove to the ground contact edge; and the notch has a width that increases from the first to the second side.
Tire
A tire that can improve braking performance on a dry road surface and wet performance is provided. The tire includes a tread portion 2. The tread portion 2 includes a shoulder land portion 5 disposed at an endmost tread edge side. The shoulder land portion 5 has a plurality of shoulder lateral grooves 10 that fully traverse the shoulder land portion 5. Each shoulder lateral groove 10 includes, in a transverse cross-section orthogonal to a longitudinal direction thereof, a bottom portion 11, a groove wall main body 12 extending from the bottom portion 11 outward in a tire radial direction, and a chamfered portion 15 between a ground-contact surface of the shoulder land portion 5 and the groove wall main body 12. The chamfered portion 15 is titled at an angle of 5 to 30° relative to a tread profile 13 obtained by extending the ground-contact surface.
Pneumatic tire
A tire has a lug, a plurality of first recessed regions that extend from a first major groove, and a plurality of second recessed regions that extend from a second major groove. A central region of the lug protrudes relative to either end of the lug. The plurality of first and second recessed regions are arranged in alternating fashion along a tire circumferential direction. The respective recessed regions each has a planar base that extends in a width direction of the each recessed region. The planar base is horizontal, or is inclined in such fashion that a height thereof increases so as to extend further toward an exterior in a tire radial direction as one proceeds toward a center of the each recessed region. Width of the planar base increases as one proceeds from the center in the width direction of the lug to an end of the lug.
TIRE
A tire includes a tread portion including an outside tread edge located outwardly of a vehicle when being mounted to the vehicle, an inside tread edge located inwardly of a vehicle when being mounted to the vehicle, circumferential grooves extending continuously in the tire circumferential direction, and lateral grooves. The circumferential grooves includes an outside shoulder circumferential groove, an outside crown circumferential groove, an inside crown circumferential groove and an inside shoulder circumferential groove which are arranged in this order from the outside tread edge side to the inside tread edge side, and a groove width W1 of the outside shoulder circumferential groove, a groove width W2 of the outside crown circumferential groove, a groove width W3 of the inside crown circumferential groove and a groove width W4 of the inside shoulder circumferential groove satisfy the following relation: W1<W2<W3<W4.