Pneumatic tire with asymmetrical tread shoulders
US5372171A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 7, 1993 |
| Grant date | Dec 13, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 7, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S152/902
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In a pneumatic tire which is to be fitted to a wheel of the type in which connecting position of a disc to a rim is offsetted to a wheel outer side from a center of a rim width, and which has a plurality of blocks on a tread thereof, a pneumatic tire wherein a total contact area C.sub.2 of shoulder blocks on the tire outer side disposed on the offset side of the disc and a total contact area C.sub.1 of shoulder blocks on the tire inner side disposed on the opposite side to the offset side of the disc satisfy the relation, C.sub.1 /C.sub.2 =1.2 to 2.0.
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