公开(公告)号：US20210170802A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-10

申请号：US16722522

申请日：2019-12-20

Applicant: Apollo Tyres Global R&D B. V.

Inventor： Mihar VED ,  Sanjay PATEL ,  Jelin FATIMA ,  Marko VESELINOVIC

IPC: B60C11/13 ,  B60C11/11 ,  B60C11/12

Abstract: It is provided a pneumatic tyre, the tyre having a circumferential direction, an axial direction and an equatorial plane, and the tyre comprising: a tread extending in a tyre circumferential direction, said tread comprising at least one circumferential groove running continuously in the circumferential direction, and a plurality of axial grooves or transverse grooves running at an angle to the axial direction, and a plurality of blocks defined by the circumferential groove and the axial grooves or transverse grooves, said blocks extending radially between an inner surface of the tread and a tread surface to come into contact with the ground, wherein at least some of the blocks comprise at least one wavy groove that extends from a circumferential groove inwardly into the block, and wherein the wavy groove has a depth extending radially from the tread surface to come into contact with the ground towards the inner surface that ends above the inner surface (26) of the tread.