Pneumatic tire having chamfered tread blocks
AssigneeThe Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
InventorsSusumu Watanabe, Kiyoshi Tomioka
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Abstract
Pneumatic tire characterized in the edge of each block formed on a tire tread surface is chamfered to a curve surface connecting to the tread surface in a curve form.
Claims3
A pneumatic tire having a tread pattern consisting of blocks which are defined by main grooves disposed on a tire tread surface in a tire circumferential direction and by sub-grooves dispose don the tire tread surface in a tire transverse direction, wherein the improvement comprises:
- each edge of each of said blocks defined by said main grooves and said sub-grooves crossing one another at an acute angle is chamfered and a curved surface at an upper end of said chamfer connects said chamfer to a block tread surface in a curve form as viewed in a vertical cross-section of each respective block, wherein the radius of curvature of said curved surface is at least 1 mm.
A pneumatic passenger car tire having a tread pattern consisting of blocks which are defined by main grooves disposed on a tire tread surface in a tire circumferential direction and by sub-grooves disposed on the tire tread surface in a tire transverse direction, wherein the improvement comprises:
- each edge of each of said blocks defined by said main grooves and said sub-grooves crossing one another at an acute angle is chamfered and a curved surface at an upper end of said chamfer connects said chamfer to a block tread surface in a curve form as viewed in a vertical cross-section of each respective block, wherein the radius of curvature of said curved surface is at least 1 mm.
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