Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Studless tire
- Patent Title (中): 无柱轮胎
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Application No.: US12068719Application Date: 2008-02-11
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Publication No.: US08191590B2Publication Date: 2012-06-05
- Inventor: Akio Ikeda , Naoki Kageyama
- Applicant: Akio Ikeda , Naoki Kageyama
- Applicant Address: JP Kobe
- Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kobe
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: JP2007-041176 20070221
- Main IPC: B60C11/11
- IPC: B60C11/11 ; B60C11/12

Abstract:
A studless tire capable of suppressing a vehicle from staggering at the time of braking on icy and snow-covered roads, including a tread portion 2 provided with at least six block rows R1 to R4, wherein each block B is provided with sipes having a depth of at least 3.0 mm, and the block rows comprises at least two crown block rows CR disposed in a crown region Ac extending from the tire equator C as its center to have a width of 50% of the tread width TW, and at least two shoulder block rows Sh disposed on each axially outer side of the crown block rows CR, and wherein lateral grooves 4 provided in a block row are inclined in the opposite direction, with respect to the axial direction, to lateral grooves provided in an axially adjacent block row.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080196808A1 Studless tire Public/Granted day:2008-08-21
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