B60C2011/0379

TYRE
20200298629 · 2020-09-24 · ·

A tyre includes a tread portion being provided with two circumferential grooves extending in a tyre circumferential direction to form a crown land portion therebetween. The crown land portion is provided with two or more crown grooves extending inwardly of the crown land portion from the respective circumferential grooves. Each crown groove includes wide-width regions and narrow-width regions having a groove width smaller than that of the wide-width regions, and the wide-width regions and the narrow-width regions are alternated.

PNEUMATIC TIRE
20200298628 · 2020-09-24 · ·

Provided is a tire including, in a tread surface, a plurality of land portions partitioned by a circumferential main groove extending continuously in a tire circumferential direction, on at least one side in a tire width direction, and comprising, in an internal land portion located in a vehicle-installed inside half portion to a tire equatorial plane among the plurality of land portions, an internal resonator including a first auxiliary groove that terminates in the internal land portion, and a first branch groove that communicates between the first auxiliary groove and the circumferential main groove, and in the first branch groove, a hidden groove having an opening width in the tread surface that is smaller than a groove width of a groove bottom is provided adjacent to the first auxiliary groove.

TYRE
20200282774 · 2020-09-10 · ·

To improve uneven wear resistance performance while maintaining drainage performance. A tyre is provided with a plurality of inclined grooves in a tread portion. Each of the inclined grooves includes a first portion arranged on a crown region side, a second portion arranged on a shoulder region side, and a third portion connecting between the first portion and the second portion. In a ground contacting surface of the tread portion, the third portion has a groove width smaller than the first portion and the second portion. The third portion includes an outer portion arranged on the ground contacting surface side and an inner portion arranged radially inside the outer portion. The inner portion has a groove width larger than the outer portion.

Tyre
20200282775 · 2020-09-10 · ·

To improve uneven wear resistance performance while maintaining drainage performance. A tyre is provided with a plurality of inclined grooves in a tread portion. Each of the inclined grooves extends from a crown region to a shoulder region. Each of the inclined grooves includes a first portion arranged on the crown region side, a second portion arranged on the shoulder region side, and a third portion connecting between the first portion and the second portion. The third portion has a groove width smaller than the first portion and the second portion. The first portion, the second portion, and the third portion are inclined to the same side with respect to the tyre circumferential direction.

PNEUMATIC COMMERCIAL VEHICLE TIRE

A pneumatic vehicle tire, in particular a commercial vehicle tire, having a tread with transverse grooves (3, 3), which are continuous over the tread width and which, at least in sections, are formed to the profile depth and are the main grooves of the tread.

Circumferential grooves (4) that run adjacent to one another in pairs and parallel to one another, at an angle () with respect to the circumferential direction of 10 to 30 and have a smaller depth than the profile depth divide the tread, with two sections (4a) in each case between three transverse grooves (3, 3) following one another in the circumferential direction, into profile blocks (1, 2), wherein pairs of circumferential grooves following one another in the circumferential direction are offset with respect to one another in the axial direction, such that the circumferential grooves (4) of the pairs of circumferential grooves begin and end at substantially the same axial positions, wherein each circumferential groove (4) reaches, with a section (4b) running beyond a transverse groove (3), into a middle profile block (2) present between the circumferential grooves (4), and wherein each circumferential groove (4) is formed shallower in at least one section (4a, 4b) than in its other sections or its other section.

MOTORCYCLE TIRE

Provided is a motorcycle tire that further improves wet grip performance during turning while ensuring rigidity during turning. Provided is a motorcycle tire in which: a tread portion is composed of a central rubber (11C) and a both-side rubber (11S) having a lower modulus than the central rubber (11C); the both-side rubber extends from the tire equator to from to of the half width of the peripheral length; on a tire grounding portion, a first groove, a second groove and a third groove are included; a first bent portion, a second bent portion and a third bent portion of the first groove, an inner side end in the width direction of the second groove, and an inner side end in the width direction and an outer side end in the width direction of the third groove are positioned at from to , from 1/16 to 3/16, from 3/16 to 5/16, from to , from 1/16 to 3/16, and from to , respectively, of the half width of the peripheral length from the tire equator; and angles formed by a first groove portion, a second groove portion, a third groove portion, a fourth groove portion, the second groove, a fifth groove portion, and a sixth groove portion with respect to the circumferential directions are from 35 to 45, from 55 to 65, from 20 to 30, from 55 to 65, from 55 to 65, from 55 to 65, and from 15 to 25, respectively.

Tire
10668775 · 2020-06-02 · ·

A tire 1 comprises a tread portion 2 provided with an outer shoulder main groove 3 in a part closest to an outside tread edge (To) and an outer crown main groove 4 on a side of an inside tread edge (Ti) of the outer shoulder main groove 3 both extending continuously in the tire circumferential direction, and outer transverse grooves 9 connecting between the outside tread edge (To) and the outer crown main groove 4 so that an outer shoulder land region 7A is defined between the outside tread edge (To) and the outer shoulder main groove 3 and an outer middle land region 7B is defined between the outer shoulder main groove 3 and the outer crown main groove 4. A maximum axial width Ws of the outer shoulder land region 7A is larger than a maximum axial width Wm of the outer middle land region 7B.

PNEUMATIC TIRE FOR MOTORCYCLE

Provided is a motorcycle pneumatic tire in which the wet grip performance during turning is improved while the steering stability during turning is ensured. In this motorcycle pneumatic tire, a tread portion is composed of a central rubber and a side rubber having a lower modulus than the central rubber and has a structure in which the central rubber and the side rubber are sequentially laminated in both tire widthwise side portions, with the side rubber extending to a tire width-direction inner side further than a point at of a tread width TW on a tire width-direction outer side from a tire equator. A tire ground-contact surface has a tread pattern that includes plural inclined grooves 21 to 25 and, when the tread width is equally divided in eight, among the thus equally-divided eight regions, a region C constituting a range of to of the tread width on the tire width-direction outer side from the tire equator has the largest number of inclined grooves included per a single pitch of the tread pattern, and the depth of the inclined grooves is greater than the thickness of the side rubber in at least a part of the region C.

Pneumatic Tire
20200009917 · 2020-01-09 · ·

A pneumatic tire tread pattern includes a center main groove extending in a circumferential direction, first and second inclined lug grooves located on respective first and second sides in a lateral direction and extending from the center main groove toward the respective first and second sides in the lateral direction with respect to the circumferential direction, and inner branched lug grooves each branched from a middle of a corresponding one of the first and second inclined lug grooves, inclined identically to an inclination direction of the first and second inclined lug grooves, and connected to the center main groove. The first and second inclined lug grooves include a center portion extending outward from the center main groove in the lateral direction, an outer portion extending inward from a shoulder side in the lateral direction, and a bent portion at which the center and outer portions are bent and connected together.

PNEUMATIC TIRE
20190351714 · 2019-11-21 · ·

The pneumatic tire according to the present embodiment includes a central land portion that is formed on the other side of the shoulder main groove in the tire width direction, and a plurality of inclined grooves that are provided in the central land portion at intervals in the tire circumferential direction. The inclined groove is a groove in which one end is open to the shoulder main groove and the other end terminates in the central land portion, and extends in a direction inclined with respect to the tire circumferential direction, and a length along the tire circumferential direction is 90% or more and 180% or less of a ground contact length on the tire equator when a normal load is applied.