Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pneumatic tire and molding die thereof
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Application No.: US14969177Application Date: 2015-12-15
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Publication No.: US10343464B2Publication Date: 2019-07-09
- Inventor: Shinichi Kaji
- Applicant: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Itami-shi, Hyogo
- Assignee: Toyo Tire Corporation
- Current Assignee: Toyo Tire Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Itami-shi, Hyogo
- Agency: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP
- Priority: JP2014-262729 20141225
- Main IPC: B29D30/06
- IPC: B29D30/06 ; B60C11/12 ; B29D30/68 ; B60C11/11 ; B60C11/03 ; B60C11/13

Abstract:
A sipe is provided to a land portion provided to a tread of a pneumatic tire. The sipe is formed of a wide portion having a groove width W1 and a narrow portion having a groove width W2 narrower than the groove width W1. The wide portion extends in a sipe depth direction D at both ends in a sipe length direction L and extends in the sipe length direction L at an upper end in the sipe depth direction D. The narrow portion is surrounded by the wide portion on three sides including both sides in the sipe length direction L and an opening side in the sipe depth direction D and extends to a sipe bottom. Consequently, chipping of rubber is suppressed by reducing pulling resistance of a sipe plate at the time of die releasing of a tire while suppressing breakage of the sipe plate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160185162A1 PNEUMATIC TIRE AND MOLDING DIE THEREOF Public/Granted day:2016-06-30
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