Pneumatic tire
AssigneeSumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
InventorKen Tanida
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Abstract
In a tire 2 according to the present invention, an outer surface 52 of a crown rib 48e and an outer surface 54 of a shoulder rib 48s form a part of a tread surface 28. On a cross-section of the tire 2 along a plane that includes a rotation axis of the tire 2, an outline of the outer surface 52 of the crown rib 48e is represented as a first arc. A center of a circle to which the first arc belongs is disposed on the equator plane. An outline of the outer surface 54 of the shoulder rib 48s is represented as a second arc. A ratio of a distance from a center of a chord of the second arc to the second arc relative to a length of the chord of the second arc is not less than 0.03 and not greater than 0.05.
Claims4
A pneumatic tire comprising
- a tread having an outer surface that is a tread surface that comes into contact with a road surface,
- wherein
- the tread includes a plurality of ribs that extend in a circumferential direction, and are aligned in an axial direction,
- a rib, among the ribs, disposed at an equator plane of the tire, or near the equator plane, is a crown rib, and a rib, among the ribs, disposed on an outer side in the axial direction is a shoulder rib,
- the crown rib is not disposed at the equator plane of the tire,
- an outer surface of the crown rib and an outer surface of the shoulder rib form a part of the tread surface,
- on a cross-section of the tire along a plane that includes a rotation axis of the tire,
- a ratio of a width, in the axial direction, of the tread surface relative to a maximum width of the tire is not less than 0.7 and not greater than 0.9,
- an outline of the outer surface of the crown rib is represented as a first arc, and a center of a circle to which the first arc belongs is disposed on the equator plane,
- an outline of the outer surface of the shoulder rib is represented as a second arc, and
- a ratio of a distance from a center of a chord of the second arc to the second arc relative to a length of the chord of the second arc is not less than 0.036 and not greater than 0.050.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.