Tire and a mould for manufacturing a tire
AssigneeNokian Renkaat Oyj
InventorTomi KORKAMA
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Abstract
A mould for manufacturing a tire includes a plurality of segments including a first segment. The first segment has a first end, an opposite second end, primary lamella blades that are arranged close to the first end, and secondary lamella blades that are arranged far from both the ends. An average of the heights of the primary lamella blades is at least 75% of an average of the heights of the secondary lamella blades. A bending strength of the primary lamella blades against bending in a circumferential direction of the mould is greater than a bending strength of the secondary lamella blades against bending in the circumferential direction of the mould. A tire is manufactured by the mould.
Claims18
1-15. (canceled)
A tire, comprising:
- a first side wall;
- a second side wall;
- a tread comprising a primary area and a secondary area;
- and
- a first segment seam extending between the first and second side walls;
- wherein:
- the whole primary area is arranged at most 20 mm apart from the first segment seam,
- the whole secondary area is arranged at least 25 mm apart from the first segment seam,
- the primary area comprises primary sipes that are non-circumferential, and
- the secondary area comprises secondary sipes that are non-circumferential,
- an average of depths of the primary sipes is 75% to 110% of an average of depths of the secondary sipes, and
- at least one of the primary sipes comprises a lamella blade shaped primary sipe, wherein the lamella blade comprises a stiffening member strengthening the lamella blade in a circumferential direction of the tire and/or a width of at least one of the primary sipes is greater than a width of one of the secondary sipes.
A mould for manufacturing a tire, the mould comprising:
- a plurality of segments including a first segment, the plurality of segments configured to be in a first position and a second position,
- wherein in the first position, the segments are arranged next to each other to form an annular mould for a green tire, and
- wherein in the second position, the segments are arranged apart from each other to remove the tire from the mould, the first segment comprising:
- a first end and an opposite second end,
- a primary region, the whole primary region being arranged at most 20 mm apart from the first end,
- a secondary region, the whole secondary region being arranged at least 25 mm apart from the first end and the second end,
- primary lamella blades arranged within the primary region and are non-circumferential, and
- secondary lamella blades that are arranged within the secondary region and non-circumferential,
- wherein:
- the primary lamella blades comprise a first primary lamella blade,
- the secondary lamella blades comprise a first secondary lamella blade,
- an average of heights of the primary lamella blades is 75% to 110% of an average of heights of the secondary lamella blades, and
- a bending strength of the primary lamella blades against bending in a circumferential direction of the mould is greater than a bending strength of the secondary lamella blades against bending in the circumferential direction of the mould.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.