Pneumatic tire with tread having sub-grooves and sipes
AssigneeThe Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
InventorsKazuya Ishiguro, Yoshifumi Koishikawa
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AssigneeThe Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
InventorsKazuya Ishiguro, Yoshifumi Koishikawa
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Five land portions on tread surface are demarcated by four main grooves that extend in a tire circumferential direction TC. The five land portions include a center land portion between the first main grooves, two middle land portions between the first main grooves and the second main grooves, and two shoulder land portions located toward the outside of the second main grooves in the tire width direction, and sub-grooves and sipes are formed on the land portions. The total groove surface area ratios of the sub-grooves and the sipes in the land portions are different in the center land portion and the shoulder land portion as compared to the middle land portion, with the total groove surface area ratio being lower in the center land portion and the shoulder land portion and being higher in the middle land portion.
A pneumatic tire comprising:
The pneumatic tire according to 17, wherein the sub-grooves in the shoulder land portion comprise:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.