Tire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10093131-B2
Application number	US-201314391342-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 16, 2013
Priority date	Apr 16, 2012
Publication date	Oct 9, 2018
Grant date	Oct 9, 2018

Abstract

A tire 1 includes plural land portions 40 formed on a tread portion 10 . The plural land portions 40 are segmented by a circumferential direction groove 30 extending in a tire circumferential direction L and a width direction groove 20 , or segmented by an end portion 10 E of the tread portion 10 in the tire width direction W and the width direction groove 20 . A length of the width direction groove 20 in the tire width direction W is not less than 30% of a length of the tread portion 10 in the tire width direction W. The width direction groove 20 has at least one angled portion 50 A/ 50 B configured to be bent toward an opposite direction to a tire rotational direction R on at least one side of a tire equator line CL.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A tire comprising:
a plurality of land portions formed on a tread portion, wherein
the plurality of land portions is segmented by one or more circumferential direction grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction and width direction grooves extending in a tire width direction, and an end portion of the tread portion in the tire width direction,
a length of the width direction grooves in the tire width direction is not less than 30% of a length of the tread portion in the tire width direction,
each of the width direction grooves has an angled portion configured to be bent so that both ends of each of the width direction grooves are directed toward an opposite direction to a tire rotational direction,
the one or more circumferential direction grooves include a central circumferential direction groove extending on the tire equator line along the tire circumferential direction,
each of the width direction grooves having the angled portion extends from the end portion of the tread portion in the tire width direction to the central circumferential direction groove,
the plurality of land portions includes central land portions that are formed in a tread center area including the tire equator line as a center in the tire width direction,
the tread center area has a width that is not larger than 40% of the length of the tread portion in the tire width direction, and
a ratio P/H of a length P of the central land portions in the tire circumferential direction and a height H of the central land portions in a tire radial direction is not smaller than 2 and not larger than 3.5; and
a plurality of belt plies, wherein
the angled portion is disposed near a tire width direction position that is associated with an end portion of a belt ply that has the smallest angle between cords constructing the belt ply and the tire circumferential direction,
the belt ply having the smallest angle between cords and the tire circumferential direction is disposed below a belt layer having a larger angle between cords and the tire circumferential direction than the smallest angle,
wherein the tire is a heavy load tire comprising three belt plys, each belt ply including two belt layers,
an upper belt ply and a middle belt ply of the three belt plys have a cord angle that is larger than a lower belt ply of the three belt plys, and
the upper belt ply and the middle belt ply extend outward of a position located about ¼ of the width of the tread portion from the tire equator line.

2. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the width direction grooves include a first groove extending from the end portion of the tread portion in the tire width direction toward an inside of the tire width direction, and a second groove formed in at least part of the tread center area, and
a depth h 1 of the second groove in the tire radial direction is not larger than 80% of a depth h 2 of the first groove in the tire radial direction.

3. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the width direction grooves has at least two angled portions on at least one side of the tire equator line, and
each of the width direction grooves has a flat portion that is formed so as to be approximately parallel to the tire width direction between the two angled portions.

4. The tire according to claim 3 , wherein
a circumferential direction narrow groove that intersects with the flat portion and extends along the tire circumferential direction is provided.

5. The tire according to claim 4 , wherein a groove width of the flat portion becomes wider in a direction moving away from the tire equator line.

6. The tire according to claim 3 , wherein an inside angled portion, which one of the angled portions closer to the tire equator line, is formed only by an inclined groove segment and the flat portion.

7. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein each of the width direction grooves terminating at the central circumferential groove are disposed in a staggered pattern such that a width direction groove on one side of the tire equator line is offset from a width direction groove on another side of the tire equator line.

Assignees

• Bridgestone Corp

Inventors

• Hasegawa Tomoo
• Nomura Fumihiro
• Mori Yosuke

Classifications

• B60C2200/065

  for construction vehicles · CPC title

• B60C11/0306 Primary

  Patterns comprising block rows or discontinuous ribs · CPC title

• B60C2011/0369

  with varying depth of the groove · CPC title

• B60C2011/0367

  characterised by depth · CPC title

• B60C2011/0348

  Narrow grooves, i.e. having a width of less than 4 mm · CPC title