Tire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9555668-B2
Application number	US-201214002488-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 1, 2012
Priority date	Mar 3, 2011
Publication date	Jan 31, 2017
Grant date	Jan 31, 2017

Abstract

In the tire ( 1 ), a region of the tread portion ( 10 ) overlapping with a range of 80% of a length of the circumferential belt layer ( 40 ) in a tread widthwise direction around a tire equator line CL is a central region CR in the tire radial direction trd, and a remaining region of the tread portion ( 10 ) is a terminal region TR, a maximum curvature radius of the arc portion of the central circumferential groove 50 a is R1, a minimum curvature radius of the arc portion of the terminal circumferential groove 50 b is R2, a maximum depth in the tire radial direction trd from the tread surface ( 11 ) to a groove bottom 55 a of the central circumferential groove 50 a is D1, a maximum depth in the tire radial direction trd from the tread surface ( 11 ) to a groove bottom 55 b of the terminal circumferential groove 50 b is D2, and a relationship of R1/D1≦0.130 and a relationship of R2/D2>0.195 are satisfied.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A tire which comprises
a tread portion having
a tread surface that comes into contact with a road surface
and a circumferential groove that extends in a tire circumferential direction,
in a cross section taken along a direction orthogonal to an extension direction of the circumferential groove and along a tire radial direction,
a groove bottom of the circumferential groove having one or more arc portions each of which is formed in an arc shape, and
a center of every arc of the arc portions being positioned outside of tire material,

the tire comprising:
a circumferential belt layer located inside of the tread portion and extending in the tire circumferential direction; and
a crossing belt layer located outside of the circumferential belt layer in the tire radial direction,
wherein
a region of the tread portion overlapping with a portion of the circumferential belt layer in the tire radial direction is a central region such that the overlapping portion has a 80% width of the circumferential belt layer in a tread widthwise direction with a center thereof positioned on a tire equator line, and
a remaining region of the tread portion is a terminal region,

wherein
cords of the crossing belt layer cross cords of the circumferential belt layer,

wherein
the circumferential groove located in the central region is a central circumferential groove, and
the circumferential groove located in the terminal region is a terminal circumferential groove,

wherein
a maximum curvature radius of the arc portion of the central circumferential groove is R1,
a minimum curvature radius of the arc portion of the terminal circumferential groove is R2,
a maximum depth in the tire radial direction from the tread surface to a groove bottom of the central circumferential groove is D1,
a maximum depth in the tire radial direction from the tread surface to a groove bottom of the terminal circumferential groove is D2,
a relationship of R1/D1≦0.130 and a relationship of R2/D2>0.195 are satisfied, and
a round non-contact area of the tread surface is 20% or smaller with respect to an area of the tread surface.

2. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein
the tread portion has at least two land portion rows interposed by the circumferential groove in the tread widthwise direction, and
wherein
at a time of ground contact, one of the at least two land portion rows comes into contact with the other adjacent one of the at least two land portion rows through the circumferential groove therebetween.

3. The tire according to claim 2 , wherein
each of the at least two land portion rows is divided into a plurality of blocks by a plurality of widthwise grooves extending in the tread widthwise direction, and
wherein
each of the blocks is formed in a substantially hexagonal shape as viewed in a tire radial direction.

4. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein a relationship of R1/D1>0.05 is satisfied.

5. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein a relationship of R2/D2<0.3 is satisfied.

Assignees

• Oono Takashi
• Bridgestone Corp

Inventors

• Oono Takashi

Classifications

• B60C2011/0369

  with varying depth of the groove · CPC title

• B60C2011/0339

  Grooves · CPC title

• B60C11/1353

  with special features of the groove bottom · CPC title

• B60C2011/0355

  characterised by depth · CPC title

• B60C11/042 Primary

  further characterised by the groove cross-section · CPC title