Pneumatic tire
AssigneeApollo Tyres Global R&D B.V.
InventorsYdwer Rinske WOUDSTRA, Ysbrand Hans WIJNANT, Dirk Anton BEKKE
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Abstract
A pneumatic tyre including a tread portion, wherein the tread portion has a groove which is oriented at an angle between +45 and −45 degrees with respect to the rolling direction of the tyre, the groove having a depth extending in the radial dimension, wherein the groove includes a plurality of protrusions extending along the direction of the groove, wherein each protrusion has a length in the direction of the groove, a width perpendicular to its length and a height. Each protrusion has a length of at least 75% of the circumferential length of the tyre tread.
Claims15
A pneumatic tyre for mounting on a vehicle and for rolling in a rolling direction when mounted on the vehicle, the tyre further having a radial dimension and an axial dimension,
- the tyre comprising a tread portion, wherein the tread portion comprises a groove which is oriented at an angle between +45 and −45 degrees with respect to the rolling direction of the tyre, the groove having a depth extending in the radial dimension,
- wherein the groove comprises a plurality of protrusions extending along the direction of the groove,
- wherein each protrusion has a length in the direction of the groove, a width perpendicular to its length and a height,
- wherein
- each protrusion has a length of at least 75% of the circumferential length of the tyre tread.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.