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US08474496B2 Pneumatic tire with tread having cutaway portions formed in center rib
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具有胎面的气动轮胎具有形成在中心肋上的切口部分
- Patent Title: Pneumatic tire with tread having cutaway portions formed in center rib
- Patent Title (中): 具有胎面的气动轮胎具有形成在中心肋上的切口部分
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Application No.: US12451195Application Date: 2008-06-09
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Publication No.: US08474496B2Publication Date: 2013-07-02
- Inventor: Takahiro Yamakawa
- Applicant: Takahiro Yamakawa
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Carrier Blackman & Associates, P.C.
- Agent Joseph P. Carrier; William D. Blackman
- Priority: JP2007-154989 20070612
- International Application: PCT/JP2008/060521 WO 20080609
- International Announcement: WO2008/152996 WO 20081218
- Main IPC: B60C11/03
- IPC: B60C11/03 ; B60C11/12

Abstract:
A pneumatic tire includes a pair of first circumferential main grooves formed in the center region of a tread, a pair of second circumferential main grooves formed respectively outward of the corresponding first main grooves, a plurality of first lug grooves which each extend from one of the two shoulder ends of the tread inward in the tire-width direction and communicate with the corresponding first main groove, a plurality of second lug grooves alternately arranged in the tire circumferential direction which each extend from one of the two shoulder ends of the tread inward in the tire-width direction but do not communicate with the corresponding first main groove, a center rib defined between the pair of first main grooves and extends continuously in the tire circumferential direction, a shoulder block row defined between each of the second main grooves and a corresponding one of the shoulder ends and includes a plurality of blocks, and an intermediate block row defined between each of the first main grooves and a corresponding one of the second main grooves. Each intermediate block row includes long blocks each of which has a tire-circumferential-direction length equivalent to the total length of each two blocks included in the corresponding shoulder block row.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100116392A1 PNEUMATIC TIRE Public/Granted day:2010-05-13
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