Tire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9643458-B2
Application number	US-201314412493-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 4, 2013
Priority date	Jul 4, 2012
Publication date	May 9, 2017
Grant date	May 9, 2017

Abstract

A tire ( 1 ) is provided with multiple projection parts ( 500 ) in a groove bottom ( 50 B 2 ) of a groove portion. The projection parts ( 500 ) extend from one side wall ( 50 B 1 ) to the other side wall ( 50 B 3 ) opposed to the one side wall ( 50 B 1 ), the side walls forming the groove portion. The projection parts ( 500 ) are arranged at predetermined intervals in the groove portion. A relationship of 0.75 L≦P≦10 L is satisfied where L denotes a length of the projection parts ( 500 ) and P denotes the predetermined intervals. In addition a relationship of 0.4≦FW/W<1 is satisfied, where W denotes a groove width of the groove portion and FW denotes a length of the projection parts ( 500 ) in an orthogonal direction which is orthogonal to the extending direction of the groove portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A tire comprising:
a tread section provided with a groove portion formed to extend in a tire circumferential direction; and
a plurality of projection parts provided on a groove bottom of the groove portion, wherein
each of the projection parts extends from one of side walls forming the groove portion toward the other side wall opposed to the one side wall,
the projection parts are arranged at predetermined intervals in the groove portion,
a relationship of 0.75 L≦P≦10 L is satisfied in a tread face view of the tire, where L denotes a length of the projection parts along a groove center line passing a widthwise center of the groove portion, and P denotes the predetermined intervals,
a relationship of 0.4≦FW/W<1 is satisfied, where W denotes a groove width of the groove portion and FW denotes a length of the projection parts in an orthogonal direction which is orthogonal to the extending direction of the groove portion, wherein each of projection parts is separated into plural projection segments in a tread face view and is provided with an opening which is formed in a center of the projection part in an extending direction of the projection part, and
an angle θf is 10 degrees to 60 degrees, both inclusive, where θf denotes an angle that the extending direction of the projection parts and the groove center line form in a direction opposite to a rotation direction of the tire in a tread face view of the tire.

2. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein
a relationship of 0.03 D<Hf≦0.6 D is satisfied, where Hf denotes a height of the projection parts from the groove bottom, and D denotes a depth of the groove portion from a tread face to the groove bottom.

3. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein
a relationship of DC/OD≧0.015 is satisfied, where OD denotes a tire outer diameter, and DC denotes a rubber gauge of the tread section at a position on a tire center line.

4. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein
a relationship of 1.25 L<P≦10 L is satisfied.

5. The tire according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a buttress section extending inward in a tire radial direction from a tread end that is an outer end of the tread section in a tread width direction, and extending continuous to a side wall section that forms a side face of the tire;
a lateral groove portion extending from the groove portion to the buttress section, and having an opening in the buttress section; and
a circumferential land portion opposed to the lateral groove portion with the groove portion interposed by the circumferential land portion and the lateral groove portion, wherein
a recess portion is formed on the circumferential land portion and located in an extending direction of the lateral groove portion,
the recess portion is triangular in the tread face view,
a length of the recess portion in a tread width direction gradually increases from one point of connecting points between the groove portion and the recess portion toward a vertex of the recess portion, and gradually decreases from the vertex of the recess portion toward the other point of the connecting points between the groove portion and the recess portion,
the vertex of the recess portion is located on a position which is located in the extending direction of the lateral groove portion,
the vertex of the recess portion is displaced from a center line of the lateral groove portion, and
the center line of the lateral groove portion passes through middle points of the lateral groove portion, which are located at a center of the lateral groove portion in a direction orthogonal to the extending direction of the lateral groove portion.

6. The tire according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a buttress section extending inward in a tire radial direction from a tread end that is an outer end of the tread section in a tread width direction, and extending continuous to a side wall section that forms a side face of the tire;
a lateral groove portion extending from the groove portion to the buttress section, and having an opening in the buttress section; and
a plurality of land portions defined by the lateral groove portion and the groove portion, wherein
each of the land portions comprise
a tread face to come into contact with a road surface;
the side face located outward of the land portion in the tread width direction,
a first lateral groove face defining a side wall of the lateral groove portion on one side of the land portion in a tire circumferential direction, and
a second lateral groove face defining a side wall of the lateral groove portion on the other side of the land portion in a tire circumferential direction,

the land portion is provided with an air supply mechanism for air supply to the lateral groove portion,
the air supply mechanism is a tapered face crossing the tread face, the side face, and the first lateral groove face, at a corner position formed by the tread face, the side face, and the first lateral groove face,
two land portions opposed to each other with the lateral groove portion interposed are disposed such that the first lateral groove face of one land portion is opposed to the second lateral groove face of the other land portion, and
the second lateral groove face is not provided with the tapered face.

7. The tire according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a buttress section extending inward in a tire radial direction from a tread end that is an outer end of the tread section in a tread width direction, and extending continuous to a side wall section that forms a side face of the tire;
a lateral groove portion extending from the groove portion to the buttress section, and having an opening in the buttress section, wherein
the lateral groove portion extends to be inclined to the tread width direction,
the lateral groove portion extends to be inclined to the tread width direction, and
an inclined angle of the lateral groove portion to the tread width direction is 15 degrees to 60 degrees, both inclusive.

Assignees

• Bridgestone Corp

Inventors

• Ogane Shun

Classifications

• B60C2011/0372

  with particular inclination angles · CPC title

• B60C2011/0358

  Lateral grooves, i.e. having an angle of 45 to 90 degees to the equatorial plane · CPC title

• B60C2011/0341

  Circumferential grooves · CPC title

• B60C2011/0374

  Slant grooves, i.e. having an angle of about 5 to 35 degrees to the equatorial plane · CPC title

• B60C2011/0348

  Narrow grooves, i.e. having a width of less than 4 mm · CPC title