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公开(公告)号:US20230241924A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-03
申请号:US18040088
申请日:2021-08-05
Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
Inventor: Takashi KIDESAKI
CPC classification number: B60C11/0304 , B60C11/0302 , B60C11/0306 , B60C11/1204 , B60C11/1236 , B60C11/1263 , B60C2011/1213 , B60C2011/1254 , B60C2011/0348
Abstract: A tire including, in a tread surface (12), a plurality of shoulder main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction, a plurality of lug grooves (351) extending in a direction intersecting the shoulder main groove, and a plurality of blocks B defined by the shoulder main grooves and the lug grooves (351). The tread surface (12) of the block B includes circumferential narrow grooves (352) each extending in the tire circumferential direction and a plurality of sipes that are provided on both sides of the circumferential narrow grooves in a tire width direction so as to be separated from the circumferential narrow grooves (352) and are disposed side by side in the tire circumferential direction and extend in the tire width direction. The circumferential narrow groove (352) includes a shallow bottom portion (3521) and a deep bottom portion (3522) having different depths from the tread surface (12). The deep bottom portion (3522) has a depth from the tread surface (12) deeper than a depth of the shallow bottom portion (3521) and is provided in a central portion of the block B in the tire circumferential direction.
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公开(公告)号:US20190184759A1
公开(公告)日:2019-06-20
申请号:US16226758
申请日:2018-12-20
Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Inventor: Shintaro TOMITA , Koichi NAKAJIMA
CPC classification number: B60C11/12 , B60C11/0302 , B60C11/0309 , B60C11/0311 , B60C11/0323 , B60C11/1281 , B60C2011/0341 , B60C2011/0353 , B60C2011/036 , B60C2011/1209 , B60C2011/1231 , B60C2011/1254
Abstract: A tire comprises a tread portion provided with at least one main groove extending continuously in the tire circumferential direction to axially divide the tread portion into land portions. The land portion is provided with axial grooves extending thereacross in the tire axial direction, and each comprising a radially outer portion and a radially inner portion which is wider than the radially outer portion. The radially outer portion of each of the axial grooves is crossed by one ore more sipes.
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公开(公告)号:US20180354303A1
公开(公告)日:2018-12-13
申请号:US15779848
申请日:2016-12-07
Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
Inventor: Yukihiro KIWAKI
CPC classification number: B60C5/08 , B60C1/0016 , B60C5/00 , B60C5/007 , B60C5/01 , B60C11/00 , B60C11/03 , B60C11/0302 , B60C11/0306 , B60C11/0318 , B60C11/0323 , B60C11/033 , B60C11/12 , B60C11/1204 , B60C11/124 , B60C2011/0353 , B60C2011/036 , B60C2011/1254
Abstract: A tire includes a tire frame member that is formed from a resin material and has a bead portion, side portions, and a crown portion, a belt layer serving as an example of a reinforcing layer that is disposed at the outer side in a tire radial direction of the tire frame member, and has a higher bending rigidity than outer circumferential portions of the tire frame member, a top tread serving as an example of a tread that is formed from a rubber material and is disposed at the outer side in the tire radial direction of the belt layer, and first width direction grooves serving as an example of width direction grooves that are provided at the top tread. An aperture surface area of one of the first width direction grooves within a total ground contact surface of the tread of one circumferential direction portion of the tire is 0.02% or less relative to a surface area of a total ground contact surface of the tread of one circumferential portion of the tire.
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公开(公告)号:US20180326792A1
公开(公告)日:2018-11-15
申请号:US15955447
申请日:2018-04-17
Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
Inventor: Hirokazu TAKANO
CPC classification number: B60C11/0306 , B60C11/11 , B60C11/1204 , B60C2011/0346 , B60C2011/0358 , B60C2011/1213 , B60C2011/1254 , B60C2200/14
Abstract: A tire comprises a tread portion 2 comprising at least a first main groove 3 and a second main groove 4 extending continuously in a tire circumferential direction. The first main groove 3 comprises a first oblique portion 11 inclined with respect to the tire circumferential direction and a second oblique portion 12 connected with the first oblique portion and inclined in an opposite direction to the first oblique portion 11. The second main groove 4 comprises a third oblique portion 13 inclined in a same direction as the first oblique portion 11 with respect to the tire circumferential direction, a fourth oblique portion 14 inclined in an opposite direction to the third oblique portion 13, and a longitudinal groove portion 15 disposed between the third and fourth oblique portions 13 and 14 so that they are not directly connected and extending along the tire circumferential direction.
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公开(公告)号:US20180272811A1
公开(公告)日:2018-09-27
申请号:US15756552
申请日:2016-08-04
Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
Inventor: Yoshifumi Koishikawa
CPC classification number: B60C11/04 , B60C11/03 , B60C11/0304 , B60C11/0306 , B60C11/032 , B60C11/12 , B60C11/1204 , B60C2011/0344 , B60C2011/036 , B60C2011/0365 , B60C2011/0367 , B60C2011/0381 , B60C2011/0386 , B60C2011/039 , B60C2011/1209 , B60C2011/1254
Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises circumferential main grooves extending in the tire circumferential direction and land portions defined by the circumferential main grooves. The land portions are each provided with a plurality of groove units which are sets including a first groove, a second groove, and a third groove. The first groove, the second groove, the third groove are disposed without meeting one another, and radially extend at intervals from each other ranging from 90 degrees to 150 degrees. Additionally, the first groove is a lug groove with the groove width ranging from 1.5 mm to 4.0 mm and has a semi-closed structure, opening to the circumferential main groove or the tire ground contact edge at a first end portion and terminating within the land portion at a second end portion.
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公开(公告)号:US20170246820A1
公开(公告)日:2017-08-31
申请号:US15515371
申请日:2014-09-30
Applicant: Robert Cecil LAWSON
Inventor: Robert Cecil LAWSON
IPC: B29D30/06
CPC classification number: B60C11/1218 , B29D30/0606 , B29D2030/0613 , B60C11/12 , B60C11/1204 , B60C11/1259 , B60C11/1263 , B60C11/1281 , B60C2011/1254
Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include methods for reducing deformation of a sipe-molding member (10) arising during manufacturing operations, and sipe-molding members (10) comprising a sipe-forming portion (12) and a plurality of stiffening members (20) spaced along the sipe-forming portion. The sipe-forming portion (12) has a length extending in a lengthwise direction of the sipe-molding member (10), a height configured to extend into a depth of a molding cavity, and a thickness extending perpendicular to both the length and height. The sipe-molding member (10) is configured to form a sipe having a thickness commensurate with the thickness of the sipe-forming portion, a length formed by at least a portion of the length of the sipe-forming portion, and a depth formed by at least a portion of the height of the sipe-forming portion. Each of the plurality of stiffening members (20) extend outwardly from the thickness of the sipe-forming element. Further embodiments include methods of forming a molded tire tread.
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公开(公告)号:US09738120B2
公开(公告)日:2017-08-22
申请号:US14666749
申请日:2015-03-24
Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.
Inventor: Hiroshi Arai
CPC classification number: B60C11/0316 , B60C11/11 , B60C11/1204 , B60C11/1263 , B60C11/1281 , B60C11/13 , B60C11/1369 , B60C2011/0346 , B60C2011/0358 , B60C2011/0365 , B60C2011/0367 , B60C2011/0369 , B60C2011/0372 , B60C2011/0388 , B60C2011/1254
Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a tread portion provided with a circumferentially extending zigzag shoulder main groove arranged proximate to a tread edge, and a plurality of shoulder lateral grooves each extending axially outwardly from the shoulder main groove. Each of the shoulder lateral grooves includes a first portion and second portion. The first portion includes a first groove wall and an axially inner end connected to the shoulder main groove. The second portion is arranged axially outward of the first portion and includes a second groove wall. The second portion has a groove width and a groove depth greater than those of the first portion. The first groove wall of the first portion and the second groove wall of the second portion are smoothly continued.
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公开(公告)号:US09586445B2
公开(公告)日:2017-03-07
申请号:US13698878
申请日:2011-05-20
Applicant: Shun Oogane
Inventor: Shun Oogane
CPC classification number: B60C11/04 , B60C3/04 , B60C11/01 , B60C11/11 , B60C11/12 , B60C11/1384 , B60C2011/1254 , B60C2200/06 , B60C2200/065
Abstract: In a pneumatic tire 1, a side surface (101), on a buttress portion (14) side, of a land portion block (100) is inclined to the inside of the land portion block (100). The length (Lb1), in a tread width direction, of an and portion (100B) of the land portion block (100) is smaller than the length (La1), in the tread width direction, of an end portion (100A). The end portion (100B) is located at a rear side in a rotational direction (R) in which the pneumatic tire (1) installed on a vehicle rotates when the vehicle moves forward, and the end portion (100A) is located at a front side in the rotational direction (R).
Abstract translation: 在充气轮胎1中,陆部块(100)的支撑部(14)侧的侧面(101)相对于陆部块(100)的内侧倾斜。 胎面部块(100)的部分(100B)的胎面宽度方向上的长度(Lb1)小于端部(100A)的胎面宽度方向上的长度(La1)。 端部(100B)位于车辆向前方移动时,安装在车辆上的充气轮胎(1)的旋转方向(R)的后侧,并且端部(100A)位于前方 侧的旋转方向(R)。
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公开(公告)号:US20170050471A1
公开(公告)日:2017-02-23
申请号:US15307645
申请日:2015-05-28
Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
Inventor: Takashi SHIMURA
CPC classification number: B60C11/0304 , B60C11/01 , B60C11/03 , B60C11/0306 , B60C11/12 , B60C11/1236 , B60C11/1259 , B60C11/13 , B60C17/0009 , B60C2011/0355 , B60C2011/036 , B60C2011/1209 , B60C2011/1245 , B60C2011/1254 , B60C2011/1268 , B60C2011/1361 , B60C2017/0054
Abstract: The pneumatic tire of this disclosure comprises on a tread surface a widthwise outermost land portion partitioned by an outermost circumferential main groove and a tread edge, wherein: the widthwise outermost land portion has a plurality of side sipes extending to a tread widthwise outer side in a manner spaced from each other in the tread circumferential direction; the widthwise outermost land portion has an inner circumferential sipe and an outer circumferential sipe, the inner circumferential sipe extending in the tread circumferential direction, the outer circumferential sipe being positioned on a tread widthwise side outer than the inner circumferential sipe and extending in the tread circumferential direction; and, when h1 is a groove depth of the outermost circumferential main groove, h2 is a sipe depth of the inner circumferential sipe, and h3 is a sipe depth of the outer circumferential sipe, h1, h2 and h3 satisfy: h1>h3>h2.
Abstract translation: 本公开的充气轮胎包括在胎面上的由最外周向主槽和胎面边缘分隔开的宽度方向最外侧的陆部,其中:宽度方向最外侧的陆部具有多个侧向刀槽花纹,其沿着胎面宽度方向外侧延伸到 在胎面圆周方向上彼此间隔开的方式; 所述宽度方向最外侧的陆部具有内周刀槽花纹和外周刀槽花纹,所述内周刀槽花纹在所述胎面周向延伸,所述外周刀槽花纹位于比所述内周刀槽花纹外侧的胎面宽度方向侧,并且在所述胎面周向 方向; 并且当h1是最外周向主槽的槽深时,h2是内周刀槽花纹的刀槽花纹深度,h3是外周刀槽花纹的刀槽花纹深度,h1,h2和h3满足:h1> h3> h2 。
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公开(公告)号:US09527349B2
公开(公告)日:2016-12-27
申请号:US14582140
申请日:2014-12-23
Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
Inventor: Masatoshi Kuwajima
CPC classification number: B60C11/032 , B60C11/12 , B60C11/1218 , B60C11/1222 , B60C11/1281 , B60C2011/1213 , B60C2011/1254 , Y10S152/03
Abstract: A pneumatic tire including a closed sipe in a land portion 3 formed in a tread surface, provided with at least three cuts extending in a radiation direction from an imaginary axis that extends in a depth direction of the land portion, and that terminate in the land portion. The cuts are provided with a spiral-like twist in the depth direction, centered on the imaginary axis, and a twist angle thereof is not less than 10° and not more than 135°. Additionally, a length in the radiation direction of the cuts or a width of the cuts is formed larger at a tread surface side than at a bottom surface side.
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