Tyre

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11247513-B2
Application number	US-201916241567-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 7, 2019
Priority date	Jan 23, 2018
Publication date	Feb 15, 2022
Grant date	Feb 15, 2022

Abstract

A groove bottom is formed symmetrically about a center line of a circumferential groove in a tread plan view and includes groove bottom protruding portions protruding radially outwardly from a groove bottom reference surface parallel to a tread surface at a deepest position of a groove depth. Groove bottom protruding portions have a first groove bottom surface extending radially and a second groove bottom surface having an angle larger than the first groove bottom surface. Groove walls include groove wall protruding portions protruding toward an inner side of the circumferential groove from a groove wall reference surface as a circumferential surface at a widest position of a groove width. The groove wall protruding portions each has a first groove wall width surface and a second groove wall surface having an angle larger than the first groove wall width surface.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A tyre comprising a tread portion including a tread surface which is to be in contact with a ground during running, wherein
the tread portion is provided with a circumferential groove extending continuously in a tyre circumferential direction,
the circumferential groove has a groove bottom and a pair of groove walls extending from the groove bottom to the tread surface in a tyre radial direction,
the groove bottom is formed symmetrically with respect to a center line of the circumferential groove in a plan view of the tread portion and includes a plurality of groove bottom protruding portions protruding outwardly in the tyre radial direction from a groove bottom reference surface defined as a surface parallel to the tread surface at a deepest position of a groove depth of the circumferential groove,
each of the groove bottom protruding portions consists of one first groove bottom surface extending in the tyre radial direction and one second groove bottom surface having an angle larger than that of the first groove bottom surface with respect to the tyre radial direction and inclined with respect to the groove bottom reference surface,
each of the groove walls includes a plurality of groove wall protruding portions each protruding toward an inner side of the circumferential groove from a groove wall reference surface defined as a surface along the tyre circumferential direction at a widest position of a groove width of the circumferential groove,
each of the groove wall protruding portions consists of one first groove wall surface extending in a tyre width direction and one second groove wall surface having an angle with respect to the tyre width direction larger than that of the first groove wall surface,
each of the groove bottom protruding portions is formed over an entire width in the tyre width direction of the circumferential groove,
each of the groove bottom protruding portions has a ridge where the first groove bottom surface and the second groove bottom surface meet,
each of the groove wall protruding portions has a ridge where the first groove wall surface and the second groove wall surface meet, and
each of the ridges of the groove bottom protruding portions is arranged at a different position in the tyre circumferential direction from any of the ridges of the groove wall protruding portions.

2. The tyre according to claim 1 , wherein
the first groove bottom surface is formed by a flat surface extending in the tyre width direction.

3. The tyre according to claim 1 , wherein
a height in the tyre radial direction of the first groove bottom surface is not less than 0.5 mm.

4. The tyre according to claim 1 , wherein
the pair of the groove walls is formed symmetrically with respect to the center line of the circumferential groove in the plan view of the tread portion.

5. The tyre according to claim 1 , wherein
the second groove wall surface is formed by a curved surface.

6. The tyre according to claim 1 , wherein
the second groove wall surface is formed by a flat surface.

7. The tyre according to claim 1 , wherein
an interval between the first groove bottom surfaces adjacent to each other in the tyre circumferential direction is in a range of from 10 to 15 mm.

8. The tyre according to claim 1 , wherein
an interval between the first groove wall surfaces adjacent to each other in the tyre circumferential direction is equal to the interval between the first groove bottom surfaces adjacent to each other in the tyre circumferential direction.

9. The tyre according to claim 1 , wherein
an angle (θ1) of the second groove bottom surface is 70 degrees or more and 87 degrees or less with respect to the tyre radial direction, and
an angle (θ2) of the second groove wall surface is 3 degrees or more and 20 degrees or less with respect to the tyre circumferential direction in the plan view of the tread portion.

10. The tyre according to claim 1 , wherein
in a pair of the groove bottom protruding portions adjacent immediately to each other in the tyre circumferential direction, the first groove bottom surface of one of the groove bottom protruding portions is directly connected with the second groove bottom surface of the other groove bottom protruding portion, and
in a pair of the groove wall protruding portions adjacent immediately to each other in the tyre circumferential direction, the first groove wall surface of one of the groove wall protruding portions is directly connected with the second groove wall surface of the other groove wall protruding portion.

11. The tyre according to claim 1 , wherein a length (W 1 ) in the tyre width direction of each of the first groove wall surfaces is 1 mm or more.

12. The tyre according to claim 2 , wherein the second groove bottom surface is formed by a flat surface.

13. The tyre according to claim 5 , wherein the second groove wall surface is formed by the curved surface concave toward the outer side in the tyre width direction of the circumferential groove.

14. The tyre according to claim 5 , wherein the second groove wall surface is formed by the curved surface convex toward the inner side in the tyre width direction of the circumferential groove.

15. The tyre according to claim 11 , wherein the length (W 1 ) in the tyre width direction of each of the first groove wall surfaces is 20% or less of an interval (P 2 ) between the first groove wall surfaces adjacent to each other in the tyre circumferential direction.

16. The tyre according to claim 15 , wherein the length (W 1 ) in the tyre width direction of each of the first groove wall surfaces is 20% or less of the length (Lw) in the tyre circumferential direction of each of the groove wall protruding portions.

17. A tyre comprising a tread portion including a tread surface which is to be in contact with a ground during running, wherein
the tread portion is provided with a circumferential groove extending continuously in a tyre circumferential direction,
the circumferential groove has a groove bottom and a pair of groove walls extending from the groove bottom to the tread surface in a tyre radial direction,
the groove bottom is formed symmetrically with respect to a center line of the circumferential groove in a plan view of the tread portion and includes a plurality of groove bottom protruding portions protruding outwardly in the tyre radial direction from a groove bottom reference surface defined as a surface parallel to the tread surface at a deepest position of a groove depth of the circumferential groove,
each of the groove bottom protruding portions consists of one first groove bottom surface extending in the tyre radial direction and one second groove bottom surface having an angle larger than that of the first groove bottom surface with respect to the tyre radial direction and inclined with respect to the groove bottom reference surface,
each of the groove walls includes a plurality of groove wall protruding portions each protruding toward an inner side of the circumferential groove from a groove wall reference surface defined as a surface along the tyre circumferential direction at a widest position of a groove width of the circumferential groove,
each of the groove wall protruding portions consists of one first groove wall surface extending in a tyre width direction and one second groove wall surface having an angle with respect to the tyre width direction larger than that of the first groove wall surface and inclined with respect to the groove wall reference surface,
each of the groove bottom protruding portions is fo

Assignees

• Sumitomo Rubber Ind

Inventors

• Ishigaki Yuichi
• Nakajima Koichi

Classifications

• B60C11/047 Primary

  the groove bottom comprising stone trapping protection elements, e.g. ribs · CPC title

• B60C11/045

  the groove walls having a three-dimensional shape · CPC title

• B60C2011/1338

  comprising protrusions · CPC title

• B60C2011/1361

  with protrusions extending from the groove bottom · CPC title

• B60C11/1353 Primary

  with special features of the groove bottom · CPC title