Tire
AssigneeSumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
InventorsMasashi WAKASUGI, Yuzo KAWASAKI, Takahiro KAWANOUE
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Abstract
The tire comprises a tread portion whose position when mounted on a vehicle is specified and having an asymmetric pattern with respect to a tire equator. The tread portion includes an outer shoulder main groove, an outer crown main groove, an inner crown main groove, an outer crown land region, and a center crown land region. The outer crown land region is provided with first outer crown sipes and second outer crown sipes. The center crown land region is provided with first center crown sipes and second center crown sipes. Each of the second outer crown sipes is arranged so as to be smoothly continuous with a respective one of the first center crown sipes with the outer crown main groove therebetween.
Claims20
A tyre comprising a tread portion whose position when mounted on a vehicle is specified and having an asymmetric pattern with respect to a tyre equator, wherein
- the tread portion comprises an outer shoulder main groove extending continuously in a tyre circumferential direction, an outer crown main groove extending adjacently to the outer shoulder main groove and continuously in the tyre circumferential direction, an inner crown main groove extending adjacently to the outer crown main groove and continuously in the tyre circumferential direction, an outer crown land region defined between the outer shoulder main groove and the outer crown main groove, and a center crown land region defined between the outer crown main groove and the inner crown main groove,
- the outer crown land region is provided with first outer crown sipes each completely crossing the outer crown land region and second outer crown sipes each extending from the outer crown main groove toward the outer shoulder main groove and terminating within the outer crown land region,
- the center crown land region is provided with first center crown sipes each completely crossing the center crown land region, and second center crown sipes each extending from the inner crown main groove toward the outer crown main groove and terminating within the center crown land region, and
- each of the second outer crown sipes is arranged so as to be smoothly continuous with a respective one of the first center crown sipes with the outer crown main groove therebetween.
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