Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pneumatic tire
- Patent Title (中): 气动轮胎
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Application No.: US12235284Application Date: 2008-09-22
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Publication No.: US08443855B2Publication Date: 2013-05-21
- Inventor: Kenji Yamane
- Applicant: Kenji Yamane
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2007-289438 20071107
- Main IPC: B60C11/00
- IPC: B60C11/00

Abstract:
Disclosed is a pneumatic tire including a straight main groove and two wave-shaped main grooves arranged in the center area of a tread, and diagonal grooves arranged in each shoulder area ranging from each wave-shaped main groove to the outer side of the tire, and extending obliquely outward from the wave-shaped main groove to a direction reverse to the tire rotational direction, the rotational direction being specified for the tire. Each diagonal groove is formed to have a convex protruding toward the outer side of the tire, and the extending end portion of the diagonal groove terminates in the shoulder area. Thus, each shoulder area is provided with a non-block pattern in which a land section continues in the tire circumferential direction. Thereby, the pneumatic tire has increased driving stability and uneven wear resistance while substantially maintaining good drainage performance and noise performance against columnar resonance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090114323A1 PNEUMATIC TIRE Public/Granted day:2009-05-07
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