Patent classifications
B60C11/1353
Pneumatic Tire
A pneumatic tire includes 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; shoulder lug grooves disposed in the intervals between the 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 shoulder lug grooves in the tire width direction alternately connect; and a circumferential secondary groove disposed around the entire circumference of the pneumatic tire that intersects the center lug grooves between the first groove turning portion and the second groove turning portion.
TIRE TREAD FOR REDUCING NOISE
Present disclosure provide a tread for a tire having a plurality of grooves formed in the tread, a plurality of contact elements delimited by a plurality of grooves and having circumferential surfaces, transverse surfaces and a contact surface intended to come into contact with ground during rolling, the contact element having a height H, and at least one connecting member connecting the transverse surface of the contact element to the transverse surface of the circumferentially adjacent contact element, a distance h between one of the connecting members and the contact face is at most equal to 30% of the height H, and a material of the connecting member is different from a material of the contact element, and a Young modulus of the material of the connecting member is higher than a Young modulus of the material of the contact element.
Pneumatic vehicle tyre
The invention relates to a pneumatic vehicle tire having a tread with profile block rows (1, 2) with profile blocks (5) delimited by channels (3, 4), which channels (3, 4) form T-shaped intersections in plan view and are delimited by a channel base (6, 6′) and by block flanks (5a, 5′a), wherein, in channels (3), there are formed projections (7, 7′) which, in a radial direction, have at their highest point a height (h.sub.1, h.sub.1′), in relation to the lowest point of the channels (3), of 10% to 80% of the profile depth. The projections (7, 7′) are positioned in intersection regions of T-shaped intersections of the channels (3, 4) and are attached to that block flank (5a) which is situated opposite the opening-in point of the opening-in channel (4).
Pneumatic Tire Tread for a Heavy Duty Vehicle Comprising Stone-Expelling and Noise-Preventing Protuberances
A tire tread (1) for a heavy construction plant vehicle, and aims to improve both its ability to not retain stones in its voids, during off-road use, and its ability to dampen the noise that it generates, during on-road use. At least one longitudinal groove (6) of the tread (1) has a longitudinal distribution of protuberances (7), and any protuberance (7) has a height H′ at least equal to 0.9 times the depth H of the groove (6) and has a first portion (71), having a height H1, a width W1 and a thickness T1, and a second portion (72), having a height H2, a width W2 and a thickness T2, satisfying the relationships: H′=H1+H2, 0.6*H′<=H2<=0.9*H′, W2>=0.25*W, T2<=min(3 mm; 1/3*T1), W1>=0.5*W, T1>=H1.
Tire Tread for a Heavy Vehicle with an Improved Resistance to Stresses
A tread for a tire for a heavy-duty vehicle for mixed use and aims to improve the endurance of the crown of the tire following retention of stones in the tread. The tread (1) has voids (3) with a first, radially outer void portion (31) of groove type, having a width W11 on the tread surface (2), a width W12 at a groove bottom (311), and a depth H1, and a second, radially inner void portion (32) of sipe type, having a width W2 and a depth H2 and leading into the groove bottom (311) at a distance E with respect to the mean surface (S1) of the groove (31). The distance E is at least equal to the width W12 of the groove bottom (311) divided by 6.
Tyre
A tyre includes a tread portion provided with a circumferential groove and a lateral groove. The at least one lateral groove includes a connected portion connected to the circumferential groove. The circumferential groove includes a groove bottom provided with groove bottom protruding portions protruding outwardly in the tyre radial direction. Each groove bottom protruding portion includes a first surface portion extending in the tyre radial direction and facing a first circumferential direction, and a second surface portion arranged on a second circumferential direction opposite to the first circumferential direction and extending at a larger angle with respect to the tyre radial direction than that of the first surface portion. In a tread plan view, at least a part of the groove bottom protruding portions is located in a lateral-groove extended region in which the connected portion is extended into the circumferential groove along the tyre axial direction.
Pneumatic tire, tire vulcanization mold, and method of manufacturing pneumatic tire
A pneumatic tire includes: a lateral groove that includes a groove bottom surface extending in a direction crossing a tire circumferential direction; and a protrusion provided on the groove bottom surface and extending in an extension direction of the groove bottom surface. The protrusion includes: a main body; and a raised portion provided at least at one end portion on one side in a longitudinal direction of the main body, and shaped such that a height of the raised portion from the groove bottom surface increases from an outside to an inside in the longitudinal direction of the main body. The raised portion has at least one vent mark that is a mark of a vent of a tire vulcanization mold.
PNEUMATIC TIRE
A pneumatic tire includes circumferential main grooves extending in the tire circumferential direction on the tread surface, and in widthwise outermost land portions, widthwise grooves extending from the tread edges inward in the tire width direction and widthwise sipes extending from the tire widthwise inner edge of the widthwise grooves inward in the tire width direction and connecting to the circumferential main groove. Each widthwise sipe includes a widened portion, by the sipe bottom, with a larger sipe width than at the tread surface. A rectangle ratio is 0.8 or more. Each widthwise sipe extends at a first angle relative to the tire width direction in plan view of the tread surface. In a tire radial region containing the widened portion, the widened portion extends at a second angle smaller than the first angle relative to the tire width direction, or partially extends along the tire width direction.
Pneumatic tire
Provided is a pneumatic tire. At least three blocks of a plurality of blocks formed on a tread portion, which include an outermost block positioned on an outermost side in a tire lateral direction and are adjacent to each other in the tire lateral direction, and at least two longitudinal grooves positioned between the at least three blocks are arranged on a platform, which is raised from a groove bottom of a lateral groove, has a flat top surface, and has a shape protruding toward both sides in a tire circumferential direction with respect to the at least three blocks. On a groove bottom of a longitudinal groove adjacent to the outermost block, a raised bottom portion raised from the groove bottom of the longitudinal groove is provided. The raised bottom portion connects the outermost block and the block adjacent to the outermost block.
DECOUPLING GROOVE FOR TIRE
A tire includes a circumferentially continuous decoupling groove that extends radially inward toward the rotational axis of the tire. The decoupling groove is formed by inner and outer walls that are axially spaced apart from each other and joined by a base wall interconnecting inner radial portions thereof. A width between the inner and outer walls of the decoupling groove varies over a radial depth of the decoupling groove. The inner wall extends at an angle of approximately 5° from a radial plane disposed perpendicular to the rotational axis of the tire.