Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Heavy-duty tire
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Application No.: US14903733Application Date: 2014-07-14
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Publication No.: US10195907B2Publication Date: 2019-02-05
- Inventor: Masakazu Washizuka , Daisuke Todoroki , Atsushi Maehara
- Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Kobe-shi, Hyogo
- Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Current Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kobe-shi, Hyogo
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: JP2013-158112 20130730; JP2013-162627 20130805; JP2014-091780 20140425
- International Application: PCT/JP2014/068724 WO 20140714
- International Announcement: WO2015/016051 WO 20150205
- Main IPC: B60C11/03
- IPC: B60C11/03 ; B60C11/12 ; B60C11/13

Abstract:
A tread portion (2) has a pair of center main grooves (11) extending zigzag and continuously in a tire circumference direction, a pair of shoulder main grooves (12), a center land portion (13), a pair of middle land portions (14), and a pair of shoulder land portions (15). The center main groove (11) has a first groove edge (11a) on the tire equator side and a second groove edge (11b) on the tread edge side. The shoulder main groove (12) has a third groove edge (12a) on the tire equator side and a fourth groove edge (12b) on the tread edge side. The middle land portion (14) is provided with a plurality of middle lateral shallow grooves (30) connecting between apex portions (11h) on the most tread edge side of the second groove edge (11b) and apex portions (12c) on the most tire equator side of the third groove edge (12a); and a plurality of first middle lateral sipes (31) extending along the middle lateral shallow grooves (30) at the groove bottoms of the middle lateral shallow grooves (30) and connecting between the center main groove (11) and the shoulder main groove (12).
Public/Granted literature
- US20160159158A1 HEAVY-DUTY TIRE Public/Granted day:2016-06-09
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