Abstract:
A pneumatic tire manufactured with a sector mold including of plural arc-shaped segments each having plural island rows of ribs or blocks in its tread portion and sipes formed in at least one island row. Among these sipes, a depth of a sipe located in the vicinity of a position of a tread surface corresponding to an edge of the arc-shaped segment is made shallower than that of a sipe located at a position other than the above position.
Abstract:
A vehicle tire of a radial carcass construction with a low cross-sectional profile having a tread portion that is reinforced by a belt layer is provided. The tread portion comprises two circumferential tread element bands in a center portion of the tire tread and a respective tread element row on the shoulder portion. The tread element bands are separated from one another and from the tread element rows in an axial direction of the vehicle tire by respective wide and deep circumferential grooves that have straight edges. The tread element bands have notches that are distributed in a circumferential direction of the vehicle tire and are oriented at a slant relative to a center plane of the vehicle tire. The notches begin at the circumferential grooves and end within the tread element bands. The tread element rows comprise transverse tread elements that are separated from one another by continuous transverse grooves and are arranged transverse relative to the tread element bands.The tread element bands are provided with narrow grooves that are distributed in the circumferential direction, spaced relative to one another by twice a circumferential length of a tread element repeating unit, defined by the shoulder tread elements and are slanted at a first angle relative to the center plane. The narrow grooves are essentially as deep and 1/4 to 1/3 as wide as the circumferential grooves. The transverse grooves each have a bent portion in the vicinity of the circumferential grooves, whereby the bent portion is oriented at a second angle relative to the center plane, whereby the second angle is greater than the first angle of the narrow grooves.
Abstract:
A heavy load pneumatic radial tire which includes at least one carcass layer in a radial direction and a reinforcing belt comprising at least two layers of metal cords around the outer periphery of the carcass in a tread portion, and in which a plurality of ribs partitioned by a plurality of main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction are formed in a main grounding region of the tread surface and a narrow groove having a groove width of 1.5 to 5 mm and a groove depth of 60 to 120% of the depth of the main groove are disposed in a shoulder end zone of the ribs positioned at the shoulder in the tire circumferential direction, characterized in that a large number of primary kerfs extending from the narrow groove towards the tread center are intermittently disposed in the tire circumferential direction, and a large number of secondary kerfs extending in the tire circumferential direction are intermittently disposed at the positions closer to the tread center than the primary kerfs in the tire circumferential direction.
Abstract:
A pneumatic radial tire for heavy-duty vehicles in which reinforcement belts comprising metal cords are disposed in the tread portion, and a plurality of main grooves extending in the circumferential direction of the tire are provided in the tread surface. In addition, recessed and projecting portions are provided on the edges of the tread surface in a zig-zag fashion along the circumferential direction of the tire.
Abstract:
There is disclosed tires for motor vehicles each having a tread provided with a plurality of large convex portions and small convex portions, the convex portions and the small convex portions being differentiated in heights and areas thereof, the small convex portions being disposed around the large convex portion for forming a plurality of normal pyramidal structures. The normal pyramidal structures are formed by disposing the large concave portion around the small concave portion. There is formed a reversed pyramidal structure by disposing the large convex portions around the small convex portion.
Abstract:
In a heavy duty pneumatic tire, a protrusion is disposed in an intersect portion between circumferential groove and transverse groove in a tread of block pattern, whereby stone capturing is prevented. Furthermore, blind sipe is formed in each block of at least center and second block rows, whereby heel and toe wear as well as shoulder wear are prevented.
Abstract:
A tire tread pattern for a radial ply heavy vehicle tire comprising at least two circumferentially extending continuous main tread grooves providing at each edge of the tread a shoulder rib characterized in that each shoulder rib comprises in its shoulder edge a narrow edge zone having, in cross section of the tire, a radial height at least 2 mm less than the ground engaging surface of the shoulder rib immediately adjacent to said edge zone and a junction zone between the edge zone and shoulder rib which is made flexible in both the transverse and circumferential directions by a series of circumferentially spaced narrow slots extending across the junction zone at an angle to the center line of the tread between 20 and 60 degrees, the slots having a width between 0.4 and 2.0 mm and the depth in the junction zone substantially the same as the main tread grooves.
Abstract:
An all season type tire tread (11) comprises a plurality of laterally extending grooves (36) having curved portions adjacent to each lateral edge (TE1, TE2) of the tread, said curved portions extending in circumferentially opposite directions. Axially spaced zig-zag shaped grooves (4-8) extend circumferentially around the tread, every fourth leg of a zig-zag groove being coincident with a portion of a laterally extending groove (36). Two legs adjacent to said fourth leg connect the laterally extending grooves to short semi-blind grooves (19) having their central portion coincident with every other fourth leg of the zig-zag shaped groove. The various grooves cooperate to define block elements (20-25), arranged in circumferential rows (30-35) and having the shape of an "S" or of a "Z". The blocks can include a plurality of slots (50-53) and humps (29) can be located between neighboring blocks.
Abstract:
A pneumatic tire having a tread pattern in which one or more approximately straight longitudinal grooves extending to the circumferential direction of the tire are provided in the tread at a distance (h) from the tire equator to the center of said groove within the range of not more than 2/3 time the distance (H) between the tire equator and the tread edge, said longitudinal groove being composed of repeatedly formed portions each of which has a shape such that the groove width in the tire axial direction between the opposed groove walls varies along the circumferential direction of the tire, whereby the longitudinal grooves, especially those positioned at the center portion of the tread, are prevented from biting small stones without decreasing the wet grip performance of the tire.
Abstract:
A tread for a pneumatic tire featuring generally zig-zag ribs defined by wide grooves. Circumferentially extending slots in the ribs are located near the wide grooves. The circumferentially extending slots define an edge zone between the slots and the nearest wide groove and a primary-load zone on the opposite side of the slot. Located in the edge zone there is means for reducing the unit tread pressure in the edge zone as compared to such pressure in the primary-load zone. The circumferential slots together with the means for reducing the unit tread pressure act to provide a breakwater against the spread of irregular wear known as "river wear".