Pneumatic tire with tread having sub-grooves and sipes
US8763659B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 26, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jul 1, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 28, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60C2011/1295
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Five land portions on tread surface are demarcated by four main grooves that extend in a tire circumferential direction TC. The five land portions include a center land portion between the first main grooves, two middle land portions between the first main grooves and the second main grooves, and two shoulder land portions located toward the outside of the second main grooves in the tire width direction, and sub-grooves and sipes are formed on the land portions. The total groove surface area ratios of the sub-grooves and the sipes in the land portions are different in the center land portion and the shoulder land portion as compared to the middle land portion, with the total groove surface area ratio being lower in the center land portion and the shoulder land portion and being higher in the middle land portion.
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