Pneumatic tyre, tyre mold and method for manufacturing pneumatic tyre using the same
AssigneeSumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
InventorTatsuya Kobayashi
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Abstract
A pneumatic tyre includes a tread portion being provided with a land portion divided by a main groove extending continuously in a tyre circumferential direction. The land portion is provided with two or more sipes having a width less than 1.5 mm on a ground contacting surface of the land portion and two or more groove elements having a width equal to or more than 1.5 mm on the ground contacting surface. Lengths in a tyre axial direction of the groove elements are equal to or less than 15% of a maximum width in the tyre axial direction of the ground contacting surface of the land portion, and at least one of the sipes is in communication with one of the groove elements.
Claims18
A pneumatic tyre comprising:
- a tread portion being provided with a land portion divided by a main groove extending continuously in a tyre circumferential direction,
- wherein
- the land portion comprises a tread edge,
- the land portion is provided with two or more sipes having a width less than 1.5 mm on a ground contacting surface of the land portion and two or more groove elements having a width equal to or more than 1.5 mm on the ground contacting surface,
- lengths in a tyre axial direction of the groove elements are equal to or less than 15% of a maximum width in the tyre axial direction of the ground contacting surface of the land portion,
- at least one of the sipes is in communication with one of the groove elements,
- the sipes comprise at least one first sipe extending toward the tread edge, and at least one second sipe extending in the tyre axial direction,
- the groove elements comprise at least one first groove element in communication with the at least one first sipe, and at least one second groove element arranged inwardly in the tyre axial direction of the at least one first groove element,
- the at least one first groove element is arranged on the tread edge,
- the at least one second groove element comprises an axially outermost edge extending in parallel with the tyre circumferential direction,
- the at least one second groove element is in communication with the at least one second sipe, and
- a length in the tyre axial direction of the at least one second groove element is greater than a length in the tyre axial direction of the at least one first groove element.
A pneumatic tyre comprising:
- a tread portion being provided with a land portion divided by a main groove extending continuously in a tyre circumferential direction,
- wherein
- the land portion comprises a tread edge,
- the land portion is provided with two or more sipes having a width less than 1.5 mm on a ground contacting surface of the land portion and two or more groove elements having a width equal to or more than 1.5 mm on the ground contacting surface,
- lengths in a tyre axial direction of the groove elements are equal to or less than 15% of a maximum width in the tyre axial direction of the ground contacting surface of the land portion,
- at least one of the sipes is in communication with one of the groove elements,
- the sipes comprise at least one first sipe extending toward the tread edge, and at least one second sipe extending in the tyre axial direction,
- the groove elements comprise at least one first groove element in communication with the at least one first sipe, and at least one second groove element arranged inwardly in the tyre axial direction of the at least one first groove element,
- the at least one first groove element is arranged on the tread edge,
- the at least one second groove element comprises an axially outermost edge extending in parallel with the tyre circumferential direction,
- the at least one second groove element is in communication with the at least one second sipe,
- the sipes comprise at least one third sipe extending in the tyre circumferential direction,
- the at least one second groove element is in communication with the at least one third sipe, and
- a total number of the sipes provided on an outer region of the land portion between the third sipe and the tread edge is greater than a total number of sipes provided on an inner region of the land portion located inwardly in the tyre axial direction of the third sipe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.