Pneumatic tire with tread having zigzag sipes and narrow grooves

US8967210B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8967210-B2
Application numberUS-67722809-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateApr 22, 2009
Priority dateMay 28, 2008
Publication dateMar 3, 2015
Grant dateMar 3, 2015

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Provided is a pneumatic tire having further improved ice performance achieved by narrow grooves. The pneumatic tire of the present invention is provided, in a tread, with land sections formed by partitioning the tread by grooves, and each of the land sections is provide with narrow grooves in a ground contact surface of the land section. The angle of tilt of the narrow grooves relative to the tire's circumferential direction is set to be larger in end regions located at both sides of a center region in a tire's lateral direction in each of the land sections than in the center region.

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What is claimed is: 1. A pneumatic tire which includes, in a tread, a plurality of land sections formed by partitioning the entire tread by separator grooves, and in which all of the land sections of the tread are each provided with a plurality of sipes and also with a plurality of narrow grooves overlapping and superimposed on the sipes in a ground contact surface of the land section, the sipes having a zigzag shape including multiple peaks and valleys, the narrow grooves having a…

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What does patent US8967210B2 cover?
Provided is a pneumatic tire having further improved ice performance achieved by narrow grooves. The pneumatic tire of the present invention is provided, in a tread, with land sections formed by partitioning the tread by grooves, and each of the land sections is provide with narrow grooves in a ground contact surface of the land section. The angle of tilt of the narrow grooves relative to the t…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Hashimoto Yoshimasa, Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B60C11/12. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 03 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).