# US 11,077,719 B2 · Pneumatic tire

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- Number: US 11,077,719 B2
- Document ID: US11077719B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/330,746
- Filed: 2017-09-05
- Published: 2019-07-25
- Granted: 2021-08-03
- Earliest claimed: 2016-09-09
- Assignees: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
- Inventors: Takayuki Shiraishi; Hiraku Kouda; Tatsuro Shinzawa; Takanori Uemura
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11077719B2

## CPC

- B60C 11/1236: {with special arrangements in the tread pattern}
- B60C 11/1392: {with chamfered block edges}
- B60C 11/03: Tread patterns
- B60C 11/12: characterised by the use of narrow slits or incisions, e.g. sipes
- B60C 11/1204: {with special shape of the sipe}
- B60C 11/1259: {Depth of the sipe}
- B60C 11/1281: {different within the same sipe, i.e. enlarged width portion at sipe bottom or along its length}
- B60C 11/13: characterised by the groove cross-section, e.g. for buttressing or preventing stone-trapping
- B60C 2011/1209: {straight at the tread surface}
- B60C 2011/1213: {sinusoidal or zigzag at the tread surface}
- B60C: VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES

## Abstract

A pneumatic tire includes a plurality of main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction in a tread portion; and a sipe extending in a tire width direction in a rib defined by the plurality of main grooves, the sipe including a leading side edge and a trailing side edge, a chamfered portion shorter than a sipe length of the sipe being formed in each of the leading side edge and the trailing side edge, a non-chamfered region including no other chamfered portion being present in a part facing each chamfered portion of the sipe, and, in a plan view of the tread portion, at least one of the chamfered portions including an outer edge profile line not parallel to a ridge line of the sipe.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A pneumatic tire comprising: a plurality of main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction in a tread portion; and a sipe extending in a tire width direction in a rib defined by the plurality of main grooves,
the sipe comprising a leading side edge and a trailing side edge, a chamfered portion shorter than a sipe length of the sipe being formed in each of the leading side edge and the trailing side edge, a non-chamfered region comprising no other chamfered portion being present in a part facing each chamfered portion of the sipe, and, in a plan view of the tread portion, at least one of the chamfered portions comprising an outer edge profile line not parallel to a ridge line of the sipe; wherein
when at least one of the chamfered portions comprising the outer edge profile line not parallel to the ridge line of the sipe is divided into an inner region and an outer region corresponding to half a chamfer length of the at least one of the chamfered portions in the tire width direction, a projected area Oa of the outer region positioned on a rib outer side is smaller than a projected area Ia of the inner region positioned on a rib inner side.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The pneumatic tire according to claim 1, wherein, a ratio Ia/Oa of the projected area Ia of the inner region to the projected area Oa of the outer region is 1.1 to 3.0.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The pneumatic tire according to claim 1, wherein, the pneumatic tire has a designated mounting direction with respect to a vehicle, and each chamfered portion comprises the outer edge profile line not parallel to the ridge line of the sipe is positioned on a vehicle outer side.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The pneumatic tire according to claim 1, wherein, a maximum depth x (mm) of the sipe and a maximum depth y (mm) of each chamfered portion satisfy a relationship of a following formula (1), and a sipe width of the sipe is constant in a range from an end positioned inward of each chamfered portion in a tire radial direction to a groove bottom of the sipe:
x×0.1≤y≤x×0.3+1.0 (1).

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The pneumatic tire according to claim 4, wherein, a ratio Ia/Oa of the projected area Ia of the inner region to the projected area Oa of the outer region is 1.1 to 3.0.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The pneumatic tire according to claim 5, wherein, the pneumatic tire has a designated mounting direction with respect to a vehicle, and each chamfered portion comprises the outer edge profile line not parallel to the ridge line of the sipe is positioned on a vehicle outer side.