Pneumatic tire
AssigneeThe Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
InventorHiroyuki Sato
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Abstract
In a pneumatic tire are defined: a first imaginary line VL1 passing through a ground contact surface in a meridian cross section of a tread portion, a second imaginary line VL2 passing through a bottom portion of a shoulder main groove and parallel to VL1, an intersection point between VL2 and a surface of a shoulder land portion outward of a ground contact edge T in a lateral direction, and an equatorial plane CL. Given A as a distance in the lateral direction between an intersection point P and CL, B as a groove depth of the shoulder main groove, and C as a distance in the lateral direction between T and CL, 0.80≤(B+C)/A≤1.15 is satisfied and, given E as a distance in the lateral direction between the bottom portion of the shoulder main groove and P, 2.0≤E/B≤5.0 is satisfied.
Claims12
A pneumatic tire that rotates about a rotation axis, comprising:
- a tread portion that comprises a tread rubber;
- and
- side portions provided to both sides in a tire lateral direction of the tread portion, each comprising a side rubber;
- the tread portion further comprising a plurality of circumferential main grooves provided in the tire lateral direction, each extending in a tire circumferential direction, and a plurality of land portions that are defined by the circumferential main grooves and comprise a ground contact surface that comes into contact with a road surface;
- the land portions comprising a shoulder land portion that is disposed outward of a shoulder main groove that is closest among the plurality of circumferential main grooves to a ground contact edge of the tread portion in the tire lateral direction, and comprises the ground contact edge;
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- the shoulder land portion outward of the ground contact edge in the tire lateral direction comprising a surface connected to a surface of the side portion;
- wherein
- there are defined:
- a first imaginary line that passes through the ground contact surface in a meridian cross section of the tread portion that passes through the rotation axis;
- a second imaginary line that passes through a bottom portion of the shoulder main groove and is parallel to the first imaginary line;
- an intersection point between the second imaginary line and a surface of the shoulder land portion outward of the ground contact edge in the tire lateral direction;
- and
- a tire equatorial plane that is orthogonal to the rotation axis and passes through a center of the tread portion in the tire lateral direction;
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- given A as a distance in the tire lateral direction between the intersection point and the tire equatorial plane, B as a groove depth of the shoulder main groove, and C as a distance in the tire lateral direction between the ground contact edge and the tire equatorial plane, a condition 0.80≤(B+C)/A ≤1.15 is satisfied;
- given E as a distance in the tire lateral direction between the bottom portion of the shoulder main groove and the intersection point, a condition 2.0≤E/B≤4.5 is satisfied;
- the land portions include a center land portion provided at a position passing through the tire equatorial plane;
- in the meridian cross section, given F as a distance between an opening end portion outward of the shoulder main groove in the tire lateral direction and the ground contact edge in the tire lateral direction;
- and
- in the meridian cross section, given G as a dimension of the center land portion in the tire lateral direction, a condition 0.80≤F/G≤1.10 is satisfied.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.