A pneumatic tire can suppress uneven wear of the tire and can improve traction performance on snow. Land portions (12A, 12B, 12C), between a pair of outermost side circumferential grooves (11d, 11d) on the outermost sides in the tire widthwise direction among a plurality of circumferential grooves (11a, 11b, 11c, 11d) extending in the tire circumferential direction, are divided into a plurality of blocks (14A, 14B, 14C) by widthwise grooves (13a, 13b, 13c). A pair of groove side faces (13ap, 13aq; 13bp, 13bq; 13cp, 13cq) opposed to each other in the widthwise grooves (13a, 13b, 13c) are bent at bent portions (Kp, Kq) thereof.

The tire includes a tread section (10) including a pair of circumferential main grooves (20), and the tread section (10) includes a center land region (CR) partitioned by the pair of circumferential main grooves (20) and a shoulder land region (SR) partitioned by one circumferential main groove (20) and a tread end (TE). The center land region (CR) forms a dense structure, in which no main groove extending along the tire circumferential direction (TC) is formed. The shoulder land region (SR) includes a block (40) partitioned by a plurality of shoulder lateral grooves (30) crossing in the tire width direction (TW). A sipe (50) extending in the tire width direction (TW) and having one end communicating with the one circumferential main groove (20) is formed in the block (40). A projection (43) projecting inward in the tire width direction is formed on a first groove wall (21) of the circumferential main groove (20) in a corner part (41) of the block (40) formed by intersection of the one circumferential main groove (20) and the shoulder lateral groove (30).

In a tire, an inclination angle of a cord included in a second belt layer with respect to a tire width direction is defined as a positive inclination angle in a tire see-through plan view, an intersection point between a perpendicular line drawn from an end portion of a belt layer having a maximum belt width in the tire width direction to a carcass and a cord of an outermost carcass layer in a tire radial direction is defined as a first reference point in a tire meridian cross-sectional view, and an inclination angle of the cord with respect to the tire width direction at the first reference point is −3° or more in the tire see-through plan view.

A pneumatic tire includes a block formed by a main groove extending in a tire circumferential direction and a lateral groove extending in a tire width direction. The block includes a first inclined surface provided at a corner portion between a first side surface and a top surface, the first inclined surface extending obliquely toward a groove bottom of the main groove or the lateral groove defined by the first side surface, and a first narrow groove extending from a center of the block toward the first side surface, an outer end of the first narrow groove being located on the first inclined surface, the first narrow groove being smaller in groove width than the main groove and the lateral groove.

A pneumatic tire includes two circumferential main grooves disposed in the region on one side of a tire equatorial plane as a boundary and a land portion defined by the two circumferential main grooves. The land portion includes a circumferential narrow groove extending in the tire circumferential direction and sets of a first and a second lug groove extending in the tire lateral direction through the circumferential narrow groove. The first lug groove includes an end portion that opens to the edge portion on one side of the land portion and another end portion that terminates within the land portion. The second lug groove includes an end portion that opens to the edge portion on the other side of the land portion and an end portion that terminates within the land portion. The first lug groove and the second lug groove are alternately disposed in the tire circumferential direction.

A pneumatic tire for heavy duty having an aspect ratio of 65% or less includes a carcass and a belt layer. A tread portion includes circumferential grooves. The circumferential grooves include a pair of shoulder circumferential grooves and a crown circumferential groove. The crown circumferential groove 11 is a narrow groove and each of the shoulder circumferential grooves is a wide groove. The belt layer includes metal belt cords inclined with respect to a tire circumferential direction. The belt layer has outer ends each positioned outside a respective one of the shoulder circumferential grooves in a tire axial direction. A belt half width is 55% or more and 85% or less of a carcass half width.

Tyre (1) for heavy load vehicle wheels, having a tread band (8) comprising: —a plurality of circumferential grooves (3, 4, 5, 6); —a plurality of transverse grooves (15) extending between two axially consecutive circumferential grooves (3, 4, 5, 6), thus defining a plurality of blocks (21); —each block (21) comprising a radially outer top surface (7) and having a height (M) measured between said top surface and a bottom surface of a respective transverse groove (15); —said transverse grooves (15) comprising a first segment (16) having a width L1 and a second segment (17) having a width L2, where L2<L1; —said first segment (16) being at least partially delimited by walls of two circumferentially consecutive blocks (20, 21); —at least one filling element (18) contained within said first segment (16); —said at least one filling element (18) having a radially outer top surface (19), located radially inwardly relative to said top surface (7) of the block at a radial distance (D) between 5% and 50% of the height (M) of the blocks (21); —the plan surface area (A2) of said top surface (19) of said at least one filling element (18) being greater than 60% of the plan surface area (Ai) of said first segment (16); —said at least one filling element (18) being spaced apart from said walls (27, 28) along at least 70% of its perimeter (P).

A pneumatic tire can suppress uneven wear of the tire and improve the performance on snow. A plurality of inner side circumferential grooves (11a, 11b, 11c) arrayed between a pair of outermost side circumferential grooves (11d, 11d) have a groove width that is smaller than that of the outermost side circumferential grooves (11d) to such a degree allowing land portions on the opposite sides thereof to come into contact with each other upon grounding. A plurality of recessed portions (S) of a shape cut in a radial direction from a tread face are formed along the tire circumferential direction on opposing block wall faces (14Af, 14Bf) of blocks (14A, 14B) on the opposite sides of at least one (11b) of the inner side circumferential grooves.

Disclosed is a pneumatic tire including: in a tread surface of a tread portion, a pair of main grooves (center main groove and shoulder main groove) arranged side by side in a tire lateral direction and extending in a tire circumferential direction; land portions (middle land portion) defined by the main grooves; a plurality of lug grooves arranged side by side in the tire circumferential direction and bent and folded back, each of the lug grooves including one end communicating with the shoulder main groove, the other end terminating within the middle land portion, and a bending point in a middle of a path from one end to the other end; and sipes extending across the lug grooves, at least one side of the sipe with respect to the lug groove being formed in a zigzag shape.

A tire comprises a tread portion provided with zigzag circumferential grooves and lateral grooves so that hexagonal blocks are formed between the zigzag circumferential grooves. Corners of the hexagonal blocks adjacent to each other through the lateral grooves are partially chamfered to have chamfered parts, with respect to each of the lateral grooves, the chamfered part of the corner of the hexagonal block abutting on the lateral groove on one side in the tire circumferential direction is located in a different position in the longitudinal direction of the lateral groove than the chamfered part of the corner of the hexagonal block abutting on the lateral groove on the other side in the tire circumferential direction.