Tire
AssigneeBridgestone Corporation
InventorYukihiro Kiwaki
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Abstract
A tire includes a circumferential direction main groove on a tread surface, first and second circumferential supplemental grooves located on both sides of the circumferential direction main groove, and first and second central land portions formed between the circumferential direction main groove and the first and second circumferential direction supplemental grooves. The first and second central land portions have plural width direction sipes, respectively, and each of the width direction sipes extends to the circumferential main groove, the circumferential main groove has shallow grooved portions and deep grooved portions. The deep grooved portions are deeper than the shallow grooved portions, and the shallow grooved portions are shallower than the circumferential supplemental grooves.
Claims7
A tire comprising:
- a circumferential direction main groove extending in a circumferential direction on a tread surface;
- a pair of circumferential direction supplemental grooves extending in the circumferential direction, and located on both sides of the circumferential direction main groove in a tread width direction;
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- a pair of central land portions having a rib shape, and formed between the circumferential direction main groove and the pair of circumferential direction supplemental grooves, wherein
- each of the central land portions has a plurality of sipes, and each of the sipes extends to the circumferential direction main groove to form an opened portion,
- the circumferential direction main groove has shallow grooved portions and deep grooved portions a depth of which from the tread surface is larger than a depth of the shallow grooved portions from the tread surface,
- the depth of the shallow grooved portions from the tread surface is smaller than a depth of the circumferential direction supplemental grooves from the tread surface,
- a plurality of short sipes that are opened to the circumferential direction main groove are formed on the central land portion located on an inner side when the tire is installed on a vehicle, and
- a length of the short sipes is smaller than a length of the sipes, and a width of the short sipes is larger than a width of the sipes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.