Pneumatic tire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10035380-B2
Application number	US-201515307645-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 28, 2015
Priority date	May 29, 2014
Publication date	Jul 31, 2018
Grant date	Jul 31, 2018

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>h>h2.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A pneumatic tire, comprising on a tread surface a widthwise outermost land portion partitioned by an outermost circumferential main groove and a tread edge, the outermost circumferential main groove being close to the tread edge and extending in a tread circumferential direction,
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 side sipes connect to the outermost circumferential main groove;
a bottom up portion is disposed on a groove bottom of the outermost circumferential main groove, at a position where the side sipes connect to the outermost circumferential main groove;
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:
h 1> h 3> h 2.

2. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein: the inner circumferential sipe extends continuously in the tread circumferential direction, and the outer circumferential sipe has end portions within the land portion.

3. The pneumatic tire according to claim 2 , wherein:
when the pitch spacing in the tread circumferential direction of the side sipes is L, the distance in the tread widthwise direction between the outermost circumferential main groove and the inner circumferential sipe is W 1 , and the distance in the tread widthwise direction between the inner circumferential sipe and the outer circumferential sipe is W2, conditions that:
0.7≤ L/W 1≤1.4, and 0.7≤ L/W 2≤1.4

are satisfied.

4. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein:
when the pitch spacing in the tread circumferential direction of the side sipes is L, the distance in the tread widthwise direction between the outermost circumferential main groove and the inner circumferential sipe is W 1 , and the distance in the tread widthwise direction between the inner circumferential sipe and the outer circumferential sipe is W2, conditions that:
0.7≤ L/W 1≤1.4, and 0.7≤ L/W 2≤1.4

are satisfied.

5. A pneumatic tire, comprising on a tread surface a widthwise outermost land portion partitioned by an outermost circumferential main groove and a tread edge, the outermost circumferential main groove being close to the tread edge and extending in a tread circumferential direction,
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;
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:
h 1> h 3> h 2; and

when the pitch spacing in the tread circumferential direction of the side sipes is L, the distance in the tread widthwise direction between the outermost circumferential main groove and the inner circumferential sipe is W 1 , and the distance in the tread widthwise direction between the inner circumferential sipe and the outer circumferential sipe is W2, conditions that:
0.7≤ L/W 1≤1.4, and 0.7≤ L/W 2≤1.4

are satisfied.

Assignees

• Bridgestone Corp

Inventors

• Shimura Takashi

Classifications

• B60C2011/1268

  being different from sipe to sipe · CPC title

• B60C2011/1209

  straight at the tread surface · CPC title

• B60C17/0009

  comprising sidewall rubber inserts, e.g. crescent shaped inserts · CPC title

• B60C11/0306

  Patterns comprising block rows or discontinuous ribs · CPC title

• B60C11/0304 Primary

  Asymmetric patterns · CPC title