Tire
AssigneeThe Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
InventorReika Tokunaga
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Abstract
In a tire, at least one of middle land portions includes a plurality of through narrow grooves extending through the middle land portion in a tire width direction, a plurality of middle blocks each defined and formed by the through narrow grooves, and a non-through lug grooves each opening at one end to an edge portion on a tire equatorial plane side of the middle block and terminating at an other end in a central portion of the middle block. Further, a center groove has a wave-like shape with an amplitude in the tire width direction. Furthermore, an edge portion on the center groove side of the middle block has an arc shape that projects in a width direction of the middle block.
Claims21
A tire, comprising:
- a pair of shoulder main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction and two or more center grooves extending in the tire circumferential direction;
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- a pair of shoulder land portions, a pair of middle land portions, and one or more rows of center land portions defined and formed by the shoulder main grooves and the center grooves;
- at least one of the middle land portions comprising a plurality of through narrow grooves extending through the at least one of the middle land portions in a tire width direction, a plurality of middle blocks defined and formed by the through narrow grooves adjacent to each other, and non-through lug grooves opening at one end to an edge portion on a tire equatorial plane side of a middle block of the middle blocks and terminating at an other end in a central portion of the middle block,
- the one or more rows of center land portions comprising a plurality of through narrow grooves,
- a groove width W21 of the through narrow grooves of the at least one of the middle land portions being in a range 0.4 mm≤W21≤1.5 mm, a groove width W31 of the through narrow grooves of the one or more rows of center land portions being in a range 0.4 mm≤W31≤1.5 mm and a groove width W23 of the non-through lug grooves being in a range 1.5 mm≤W23≤5.0 mm,
- a groove width Wg2 of the center grooves is in a range 0.10≤Wg2/Wg1≤0.40 with respect to a groove width Wg1 of the shoulder main grooves,
- the center grooves having a wave-like shape with an amplitude in the tire width direction,
- the edge portion on the center groove side of the middle block having an arc shape that projects in a width direction of the middle block, and
- a circumferential length La2 of the arc shape of the edge portion of the middle block being in a range 0.90≤ La2/Le2≤1.00 with respect to a circumferential length Le2 of the edge portion of the middle block,
- a circumferential length La2 of the arc shape of the edge portion of the middle block being in a range 0.90≤ La2/Le2 ≤1.00 with respect to a circumferential length Le2 of the edge portion of the middle block,
- the through narrow grooves of the at least one of the middle land portions and the through narrow grooves of the one or more rows of center land portions having a wave-like shape,
- a wavelength λ21 of the wave-like shape of the through narrow grooves of the at least one of the middle land portions is in a range 0.10≤λ21/Wb2≤0.50 with respect to a ground contact width Wb2 of the at least one of the middle land portions,
- a wavelength λ31 of the wave-like shape of the through narrow grooves of the one or more rows of center land portions is in a range 0.10≤λ31/Wb3<0.50 with respect to a ground contact width Wb3 of the one or more rows of center land portions,
- the plurality of through narrow grooves of the one or more rows of center land portions having a wave-like shape with an amplitude A31 in the tire circumferential direction of 0.7 mm≤A31<2.5 mm, and
- excluding undulations of the wave-like shape, the plurality of through narrow grooves of the one or more rows of center land portions extending straight and at a constant angle of inclination from one side of each of the one or more rows of center land portions to an other side of the each of the one or more rows of center land portions.
A tire, comprising:
- a pair of shoulder main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction and two or more center grooves extending in the tire circumferential direction;
- and
- a pair of shoulder land portions, a pair of middle land portions, and one or more rows of center land portions defined and formed by the shoulder main grooves and the center grooves;
- at least one of the middle land portions comprising a plurality of through narrow grooves extending through the at least one of the middle land portions in a tire width direction, a plurality of middle blocks defined and formed by the through narrow grooves adjacent to each other, and non-through lug grooves opening at one end to an edge portion on a tire equatorial plane side of a middle block of the middle blocks and terminating at an other end in a central portion of the middle block,
- the one or more rows of center land portions comprising a plurality of through narrow grooves,
- a groove width W21 of the through narrow grooves of the at least one of the middle land portions being in a range 0.4 mm ≤ W21≤1.5 mm, a groove width W31 of the through narrow grooves of the one or more rows of center land portions being in a range 0.4 mm ≤ W31≤1.5 mm and a groove width W23 of the non-through lug grooves being in a range 1.5 mm ≤ W23≤5.0 mm,
- a groove width Wg2 of the center grooves is in a range 0.10≤ Wg2/Wg1≤ 0.40 with respect to a groove width Wg1 of the shoulder main grooves,
- the center grooves having a wave-like shape with an amplitude in the tire width direction,
- the center grooves having a see-through structure in the tire circumferential direction,
- the edge portion on the center groove side of the middle block having an arc shape that projects in a width direction of the middle block,
- the through narrow grooves having a wave-like shape,
- a wavelength λ21 of the wave-like shape of the through narrow grooves of the at least one of the middle land portions is in a range 0.10 ≤ λ21/Wb2≤ 0.50 with respect to a ground contact width Wb2 of the at least one of the middle land portions,
- a wavelength λ31 of the wave-like shape of the through narrow grooves of the one or more rows of center land portions is in a range 0.10≤λ31/Wb3≤ 0.50 with respect to a ground contact width Wb3 of the one or more rows of center land portions,
- the plurality of through narrow grooves of the one or more rows of center land portions having a wave-like shape with an amplitude A31 in the tire circumferential direction of 0.7mm≤A31≤2.5 mm, and
- excluding undulations of the wave-like shape, the plurality of through narrow grooves of the one or more rows of center land portions extending straight and at a constant angle of inclination from one side of each of the one or more rows of center land portions to an other side of the each of the one or more rows of center land portions.
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