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US 6,640,858 B2Granted
Tire having tread grooves having right-hand groove wall and left-hand groove wall
AssigneeSumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
InventorAkio Ikeda
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Abstract
A tire comprises a tread portion in which a mold parting line by a single-split mold runs on or near the tire equator. In a central part of the tread portion in which tread grooves are provided, the groove edges which are stroked by tire mold's protrusions for making the tread grooves when the mold is opened are provided with a chamfer backed by a recess and/or the groove walls extending from such groove edges are provided with a variable inclination, whereby demolding defects can be reduced.
Claims14
A tire comprising
- a tread portion in which a mold parting line by a single-split mold runs on or near the tire equator defining a right-hand part of the tread portion on one side of the mold parting line and a left-hand part on the other side,
- the tread portion provided in at least a central part with tread grooves each having a right-hand groove wall and a left-hand groove wall, wherein
- in the right-hand part, the right-hand groove walls are at least partially provided with an inclined part extending from the tread face towards the groove bottom while inclining to the left, and the left-hand groove walls are inclined less than the inclined part of the respective opposite right-hand groove walls,
- in the left-hand part, the left-hand groove walls are at least partially provided with an inclined part extending from the tread face towards the groove bottom while inclining to the right, and the right-hand groove walls are inclined less than the inclined part of the respective opposite left-hand groove walls,
- the inclined parts are
- a first inclined part extending from the tread face to the vicinity of the groove bottom, inclining at a first inclination angle of from 15 to 45 degrees with respect to the normal direction to the tread face, and
- a second inclined part inclined at a second inclination angle of from 30 to 60 degrees with respect to the normal direction to the tread face and having a width of from 0.3 to 2 mm when measured in parallel to the tread face and accompanied by a recess which is narrower and shallower than the tread groove and extends along the second inclined part wherein
- the recess has a width of from 0.3 to 3 mm and a depth of from 0.3 to 2.0 mm, and the distance of the recess from the second inclined part is in a range of from 0.5 to 2.00 mm.
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A tire comprising
- a tread portion in which a mold parting line by a single-split mold runs on or near the tire equator defining a right-hand part of the tread portion on one side of the mold parting line and a left-hand part on the other side,
- the tread portion provided in at least a central part with tread grooves each having a right-hand groove wall and a left-hand groove wall, wherein
- in the right-hand part,
- the right-hand groove walls are at least partially provided with an inclined part extending from the tread face towards the groove bottom while inclining to the left,
- and the left-hand groove walls are inclined less than the inclined part of the respective opposite right-hand groove walls,
- in the left-hand part,
- the left-hand groove walls are at least partially provided with an inclined part extending from the tread face towards the groove bottom while inclining to the right,
- and the right-hand groove walls are inclined less than the inclined part of the respective opposite left-hand groove walls,
- the inclined parts are
- a first inclined part extending from the tread face to the vicinity of the groove bottom, inclining at a first inclination angle of from 15 to 45 degrees with respect to the normal direction to the tread face, and/or
- a second inclined part inclined at a second inclination angle of from 30 to 60 degrees with respect to the normal direction to the tread face and having a width of from 0.3 to 2 mm when measured in parallel to the tread face and accompanied by a recess which is narrower and shallower than the tread groove and extends along the second inclined part, and
- the tread grooves include a circumferential groove provided with the second inclined part accompanied by a recess, wide oblique grooves provided with the first inclined part, and narrow oblique grooves provided with the second inclined part accompanied by a recess.
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