Motorcycle tire

US9045010B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9045010-B2
Application numberUS-90758210-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateOct 19, 2010
Priority dateDec 8, 2009
Publication dateJun 2, 2015
Grant dateJun 2, 2015

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A motorcycle tire comprises a tread portion having a tread width between tread edges. The tread portion is provided with a crown oblique groove disposed within a center region of the tread portion is defined as having 30% of the tread width. The center region having a radius of curvature of from 0.60 to 0.75 times the tread width in a meridian section of the tire, and the center region has a land ratio in a range of from 0.75 to 0.95. The crown oblique groove extends continuously or discontinuously in the tire circumferential direction, across the tire equator a plurality of times, and the crown oblique groove is inclined at angles of not more than 20 degrees with respect to the tire circumferential direction.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A motorcycle tire comprising a tread portion having a tread width as measured axially between tread edges, the tread portion provided with a crown oblique groove disposed within a center region of the tread portion which region is defined as having 30% of the tread width, in a meridian section of the tire, the center region having a radius of curvature of from 0.60 to 0.75 times the tread width, the center region having a land ratio in a range of…

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What does patent US9045010B2 cover?
A motorcycle tire comprises a tread portion having a tread width between tread edges. The tread portion is provided with a crown oblique groove disposed within a center region of the tread portion is defined as having 30% of the tread width. The center region having a radius of curvature of from 0.60 to 0.75 times the tread width in a meridian section of the tire, and the center region has a la…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Kasai Katsumi, Sumitomo Rubber Ind
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B60C11/0302. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jun 02 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).