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Pneumatic tire

A technology of pneumatic tires and tires, which is applied to tire parts, tire tread/tread pattern, transportation and packaging, etc. It can solve the problems of deterioration of operational stability and difficulty in satisfying improvements, and achieve improved hand feeling and improved braking Performance and cornering performance, the effect of improving braking performance

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-08-19
THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO LTD
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[0003] However, even if there is a solution to the inclination angle and width of the lug grooves, as long as there are lug grooves, there is naturally a limit to the compatibility of wet road performance and noise performance, and it is difficult to meet further improvement requirements.
In addition, if the negative ratio is increased, there is also a problem of deteriorating operational stability

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[0033] Among pneumatic tires with a tire size of 205 / 65R15, the tires of Examples 1 to 3 were produced respectively, and these tires formed figure 1 Such a tread pattern, and the ratio of the minimum distance W2 between the wavy or zigzag thin grooves formed on the first land portion and the outer wall surface of the first land portion to the width W1 of the first land portion (W2 / W1×100), and the ratio (W3 / W1×100) of the amplitude W3 of the wavy or zigzag narrow grooves formed on the first land portion to the width W1 of the first land portion (W3 / W1×100) are shown in Table 1, respectively. different.

[0034] For comparison, tires of Comparative Examples 1 to 3 in which the respective ratios were varied as shown in Table 1 were produced. In addition, in Comparative Examples 1 and 2, no fine grooves were provided in the rib-shaped land portion located in the tread center portion.

[0035] For these test tires, wet cornering performance, wet braking performance, noise perfo...

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Disclosed are a pneumatic tire whereby simultaneous pursuit of wet performance and noise performance is made possible with driving stability being enhanced. The pneumatic tire includes: a rib-like land portion located on a center portion of a tread and extending in a circumferential direction of the tire; a pair of left and right first main grooves abutting to one and the other sides of the rib-like land portion and extending in the tire circumferential direction; and a pair of left and right first land portions abutting to one and the other outsides of the first main grooves and extending in the tire circumferential direction. In the tire, a narrow groove extending in the tire circumferential direction is provided on the rib-like land portion, and a plurality of lug grooves which do not communicate with the first main grooves and incline realtive to an equatorial line of the tire, and a wavy or zigzag narrow groove extending in the tire circumferential direction are provided on each of the first land portions. Furthermore, in the tire, the shortest distance (W2) between the wavy or zigzag narrow groove and an outside wall of the first land portion is set between 60 and 70%, inclusive, of a width (W1) of the first land portion, and an amplitude (W3) of the wavy or zigzag narrow groove is set between 5 and 12%, inclusive, of the width (W1) of the first land portion.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire having a tread pattern mainly composed of grooves and thin grooves extending along the tire circumferential direction, and more specifically, to a pneumatic tire capable of achieving both wet performance and noise performance while improving handling stability. Pneumatic tires. Background technique [0002] In order to improve the wet road performance of pneumatic tires and reduce noise, generally a plurality of main grooves extending along the tire circumferential direction and a plurality of pattern grooves inclined relative to the tire equator line are arranged on the tread (for example, refer to patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2). Here, it is effective to increase the negative ratio (groove area ratio) in order to improve wet performance, and it is effective to decrease the negative ratio in order to reduce noise. These conditions for improving wet performance and noise performance are opposi...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): B60C11/04B60C11/03B60C11/12
CPCB60C2011/0383B60C11/12B60C11/0306B60C11/03B60C11/04
Inventor 山根贤司
Owner THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO LTD