Pneumatic tire with tread having three dimensional sipes
AssigneeSumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
InventorWako Iwamura
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AssigneeSumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
InventorWako Iwamura
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A pneumatic tire comprises a tread block having a top face provided with a three-dimensional sipe, the sipe extending along its longitudinal direction with an angle of 0 to 45 degrees with respect to a tire axial direction, the sipe having a first opening configuration extending in a wavy manner with amplitude W and a cycle a1 in a cross sectional view of the block parallel to the top face, the sipe having a second opening configuration extending in a wavy manner with amplitude W and a cycle a2 in a cross sectional view of the block perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the sipe, and the sipe satisfying the following relation (1) in a rectangular coordinate system in which the x-axis corresponds to the longitudinal direction, the z-axis corresponds to a depth direction of the sipe: y=W·sin {(2π·x/a1)+(2π·z/a2)+θ}.
A pneumatic tire comprising
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