Pneumatic tire with tread having pitch Pm > pitch Pc > pitch Ps

US9242511B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9242511-B2
Application numberUS-201113305621-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateNov 28, 2011
Priority dateDec 9, 2010
Publication dateJan 26, 2016
Grant dateJan 26, 2016

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A pneumatic tire with a tread has crown main grooves, shoulder main grooves, a pair of middle ribs between the crown main grooves and the shoulder main grooves, and a pair of shoulder ribs between the shoulder main groove and tread edge. The shoulder rib has shoulder lateral grooves spaced at a pitch Ps. The middle rib has middle inclined grooves spaced at a pitch Pm. The crown rib has a plurality of crown lateral grooves which cross over the crown rib and are spaced at a pitch Pc. The pitch Pc is larger than the pitch Ps and smaller than the pitch Pm.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A pneumatic tire comprising a tread portion, the tread portion provided with: a pair of circumferentially extending crown main grooves arranged on both sides of a tire equator; a pair of circumferentially extending shoulder main grooves arranged axially outside the crown main grooves; a crown rib between the crown main grooves; a pair of middle ribs each between the crown main groove and the shoulder main groove; and a pair of shoulder ribs eac…

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What does patent US9242511B2 cover?
A pneumatic tire with a tread has crown main grooves, shoulder main grooves, a pair of middle ribs between the crown main grooves and the shoulder main grooves, and a pair of shoulder ribs between the shoulder main groove and tread edge. The shoulder rib has shoulder lateral grooves spaced at a pitch Ps. The middle rib has middle inclined grooves spaced at a pitch Pm. The crown rib has a plural…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Takemoto Yoshiaki, Sumitomo Rubber Ind
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B60C11/0306. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 26 2016 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).