Tire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11654722-B2
Application number	US-202017066513-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 9, 2020
Priority date	Oct 11, 2019
Publication date	May 23, 2023
Grant date	May 23, 2023

Abstract

Provided is a tire including a tread portion. The tread portion includes two circumferential grooves and three land portions. The three land portions include a crown land portion disposed on a tire equator, and two shoulder land portions including tread contact ends. At least one of the shoulder land portions includes a plurality of main inclined grooves and a plurality of subsidiary inclined grooves. The main inclined grooves have tire-axially inner ends ending in the shoulder land portions and tire-axially outer ends disposed outwardly of the tread contact ends Te in the tire axial direction. The subsidiary inclined grooves have tire-axially inner ends ending in the shoulder land portions and tire-axially outer ends ending in the shoulder land portions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A tire comprising a tread portion,
wherein the tread portion comprises two circumferential grooves continuously extending in, and zigzag along, a tire circumferential direction on both sides lateral to a tire equator, and three land portions demarcated by the two circumferential grooves,
wherein the three land portions comprise a crown land portion disposed on the tire equator, and two shoulder land portions including tread contact ends,
wherein at least one of the shoulder land portions comprises a plurality of main inclined grooves extending at one or more inclines relative to a tire axial direction, and a plurality of subsidiary inclined grooves extending at one or more inclines relative to the tire axial direction,
wherein the main inclined grooves have tire-axially inner ends ending in the shoulder land portions and tire-axially outer ends disposed outwardly of the tread contact ends in the tire axial direction,
wherein the subsidiary inclined grooves have tire-axially inner ends ending in the shoulder land portions and tire-axially outer ends ending in the shoulder land portions, and
wherein, on a tire meridian cross-section,
each of the two shoulder land portions forms a part of an arc-shaped imaginary tread profile extending from one of the tread contact ends to the other of the tread contact ends, and
the crown land portion comprises a first portion projecting outwardly of the imaginary tread profile in a tire radial direction.

2. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein a zigzag amplitude of a groove center line of each circumferential groove is less than a groove width of the circumferential groove.

3. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein each circumferential groove has a first inclined portion and a second inclined portion, and the second inclined portion is longer than the first inclined portion and is inclined in a direction opposite to a direction of the first inclined portion.

4. The tire according to claim 1 ,
wherein each circumferential groove has a first inclined portion and a second inclined portion, and the second inclined portion is longer than the first inclined portion and is inclined in a direction opposite to a direction of the first inclined portion, and
wherein the main inclined grooves are inclined in a same direction as the first inclined portion.

5. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the inner ends of the subsidiary inclined grooves are disposed outwardly of the inner ends of the main inclined grooves in the tire axial direction.

6. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein only one of the subsidiary inclined grooves is disposed as a groove between the main inclined grooves adjacent to each other in the tire circumferential direction.

7. The tire according to claim 1 ,
wherein each main inclined groove comprises a steeply inclined portion on the inner end side, and a gently inclined portion on the outer end side, and
wherein an angle of the gently inclined portion relative to the tire axial direction is less than an angle of the steeply inclined portion relative to the tire axial direction.

8. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein a width of each shoulder land portion in the tire axial direction is 1.3 to 1.9 times a width of the crown land portion in the tire axial direction.

9. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the crown land portion comprises a second portion recessed inwardly of the imaginary tread profile in the tire radial direction.

10. The tire according to claim 9 , wherein a projecting distance of the first portion is greater than a recessed distance of the second portion.

11. The tire according to claim 1 , comprising a carcass extending from the tread portion through sidewall portions to bead cores of bead portions,
wherein the carcass comprises a plurality of carcass cords arranged at an angle of 72 to 84° relative to the tire circumferential direction.

12. The tire according to claim 1 , comprising:
a carcass extending from the tread portion through sidewall portions to bead cores of bead portions, and
bead reinforcing cord layers disposed at the bead portions,
wherein the carcass comprises turned-up portions, and the turned-up portions are turned up at the bead cores, and
wherein an outer end of each bead reinforcing cord layer in the tire radial direction is disposed tire-radially inward of an outer end of a corresponding one of the turned-up portions in the tire radial direction.

13. The tire according to claim 12 , wherein an inner end of each bead reinforcing cord layer in the tire radial direction is disposed outwardly of a corresponding one of the bead cores in the tire radial direction.

14. The tire according to claim 12 , wherein each of the bead reinforcing cord layers comprises a plurality of steel cords.

15. The tire according to claim 1 ,
wherein the tread portion has a tread reinforcing cord layer disposed thereinside,
wherein the tread reinforcing cord layer comprises a band layer formed of two band plies, and
wherein the band plies comprise band cords wound at an angle of not greater than 5° relative to the tire circumferential direction.

16. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the subsidiary inclined groove does not overlap a region obtained by extending a first inclined portion along the tire axial direction.

17. A tire comprising a tread portion,
wherein the tread portion comprises two circumferential grooves continuously extending in, and zigzag along, a tire circumferential direction on both sides lateral to a tire equator, and three land portions demarcated by the two circumferential grooves,
wherein the three land portions comprise a crown land portion disposed on the tire equator, and two shoulder land portions including tread contact ends,
wherein at least one of the shoulder land portions comprises a plurality of main inclined grooves extending at one or more inclines relative to a tire axial direction, and a plurality of subsidiary inclined grooves extending at one or more inclines relative to the tire axial direction,
wherein the main inclined grooves have tire-axially inner ends ending in the shoulder land portions and tire-axially outer ends disposed outwardly of the tread contact ends in the tire axial direction,
wherein the subsidiary inclined grooves have tire-axially inner ends ending in the shoulder land portions and tire-axially outer ends ending in the shoulder land portions, and
wherein a steeply inclined portion overlaps a region obtained by extending a first inclined portion of the circumferential groove adjacent thereto along the tire axial direction.

18. A tire comprising a tread portion,
wherein the tread portion comprises two circumferential grooves continuously extending in, and zigzag along, a tire circumferential direction on both sides lateral to a tire equator, and three land portions demarcated by the two circumferential grooves,
wherein the three land portions comprise a crown land portion disposed on the tire equator, and two shoulder land portions including tread contact ends,
wherein at least one of the shoulder land portions comprises a plurality of main inclined grooves extending at one or more inclines relative to a tire axial direction, and a plurality of subsidiary inclined grooves extending at one or more inclines relative to the tire axial direction,
wherein the main inclined grooves have tire-axially inner ends ending in the shoulder land portions and tire-axially outer ends disposed outwardly of the tread contact ends in the tire axial direction,
wherein the subsidiary inc

Assignees

• Sumitomo Rubber Ind

Inventors

• Nagase Hiroki

Classifications

• B60C11/0083

  characterised by the curvature of the tyre tread · CPC title

• B60C11/04

  in which the raised area of the pattern consists only of continuous circumferential ribs, e.g. zig-zag (B60C11/12, B60C11/13 take precedence) · CPC title

• B60C2011/0372

  with particular inclination angles · CPC title

• B60C11/0302 Primary

  directional pattern, i.e. with main rolling direction · CPC title

• B60C15/0027

  with low ply turn-up, i.e. folded around the bead core and terminating at the bead core · CPC title