Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pneumatic tire
- Patent Title (中): 气动轮胎
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Application No.: US12400964Application Date: 2009-03-10
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Publication No.: US08302647B2Publication Date: 2012-11-06
- Inventor: Yoshiki Sato
- Applicant: Yoshiki Sato
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Priority: JP2008-112619 20080423
- Main IPC: B60C11/12
- IPC: B60C11/12 ; B60C11/03

Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a pneumatic tire having low rolling resistance and higher resistance against irregular wear. To achieve the above object, a pneumatic tire includes a tread portion comprising a plurality of block arrays each of which is constituted of a plurality of blocks that are partitioned by a plurality of main grooves extending in a circumferential direction of the tire and a plurality of lateral grooves crossing the main grooves, wherein at least one of the block arrays is provided with a thin rib that continuously extends in the circumferential direction of the tire in a central area of the block array as viewed in a width direction of the tire and is partitioned by two sipes extending in the circumferential direction of the tire, the depth of the sipes extending in the circumferential direction of the tire is 0.7 times or less of the depth of the lateral grooves.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090266459A1 Pneumatic Tire Public/Granted day:2009-10-29
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