Pneumatic tire
AssigneeBridgestone Corporation
InventorAkira Suganuma
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Abstract
A pneumatic tire 10a including in a tread at least two circumferential major grooves 20a, 21a, 22a, and 23a extending in a tire circumferential direction and a rib-shaped land section formed, the pneumatic tire including: lug grooves 30a, 31a, 32a, and 33a extending in a tire width direction, each of which includes an end closed by the lib-shaped land section and the other end open to one of the circumferential major grooves (21a, 22a), the open ends being arranged in a staggered fashion in the tire circumferential direction; and first sipes which include a sipe 40a extending in the tire width direction and a sipe 41a extending in the tire circumferential direction and connect the lug grooves arranged in the staggered fashion.
Claims5
A pneumatic tire (10a) including in a tread at least two circumferential major grooves (21a, 22a) extending in a tire circumferential direction and a rib-shaped land section formed, the pneumatic tire comprising:
- lug groves (30a, 31, 32a) extending in a tire width direction, each of which includes an end closed by the lib-shaped land section and the other end open to the circumferential major grooves (21a, 22a), the open ends being arranged in the staggered fashion in the tire circumferential direction;
- and
- first sipes which include a sipe (40a) extending in the tire width direction and a sipe (41a) extending in the tire circumferential direction and connect the lug grooves (30a, 31a, 32a) arranged in the staggered fashion;
- wherein
- the sipe (40a) extending in the tire width direction connects the lug groove (30a) and the lug groove (31a) arranged in the staggered fashion and the sipe (41a) extending in the tire circumferential direction connects the lug groove (31a) and the lug groove (32a) arranged in the staggered fashion.
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