US 12,370,838 B2
Pneumatic tire
Takamasa Motomitsu, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/632,744
Filed by The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 31, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/029569
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 3, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/024963, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-146850 (JP), filed on Aug. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0288973 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. B60C 11/12 (2006.01); B60C 11/03 (2006.01); B60C 11/13 (2006.01)
CPC B60C 11/13 (2013.01) [B60C 11/0306 (2013.01); B60C 11/1259 (2013.01); B60C 11/1263 (2013.01); B60C 11/1281 (2013.01); B60C 11/1369 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0348 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0351 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0353 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0355 (2013.01); B60C 2011/036 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0362 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0365 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0367 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0369 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0372 (2013.01); B60C 2011/1213 (2013.01); B60C 2011/1231 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
13. A pneumatic tire comprising:
a pair of circumferential main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction, and
a pair of shoulder land portions and a single center land portion defined and formed by the circumferential main grooves,
the center land portion comprising a plurality of center narrow shallow grooves extending through the center land portion in a tire width direction,
a groove depth H21 of the center narrow shallow groove being in a range 0.025≤H21/Hg≤0.150 with respect to a maximum groove depth Hg of the circumferential main groove,
the center land portion comprising a plurality of center narrow shallow grooves extending through the center land portion in a tire width direction and connected to the pair of circumferential main grooves, and
the pneumatic tire being a construction vehicle tire; wherein
the center land portion comprises center bent grooves having a bent shape or a curved shape and being open to the circumferential main groove at at least one end portion,
a groove depth H22 of the center bent grooves is in a range 0.50≤H22/Hg≤0.90 with respect to the maximum groove depth Hg of the circumferential main groove,
the center bent grooves have a linear shape, an arc shape, or an S shape, and
an extension length L22 of the center bent grooves in the tire width direction is in a range 0.45≤L22/Wb2≤0.65 with respect to a ground contact width Wb2 of the center land portion.
 
14. A pneumatic tire comprising:
a pair of circumferential main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction, and
a pair of shoulder land portions and a single center land portion defined and formed by the circumferential main grooves,
the center land portion comprising a plurality of center narrow shallow grooves extending through the center land portion in a tire width direction,
a groove depth H21 of the center narrow shallow groove being in a range 0.025≤H21/Hg≤0.150 with respect to a maximum groove depth Hg of the circumferential main groove,
the center land portion comprising a circumferential narrow groove extending in the tire circumferential direction, and
a groove depth H23 of the circumferential narrow groove being in a range 0.70≤H23/Hg≤0.90 with respect to the maximum groove depth Hg of the circumferential main groove.
 
15. A pneumatic tire comprising:
a pair of circumferential main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction, and
a pair of shoulder land portions and a single center land portion defined and formed by the circumferential main grooves,
the center land portion comprising a plurality of center narrow shallow grooves extending through the center land portion in a tire width direction,
a groove depth H21 of the center narrow shallow groove being in a range 0.025≤H21/Hg≤0.150 with respect to a maximum groove depth Hg of the circumferential main groove,
the center land portion comprising center bent grooves having a bent shape or a curved shape and being open to the circumferential main groove at at least one end portion,
a groove depth H22 of the center bent grooves being in a range 0.50≤H22/Hg≤0.90 with respect to the maximum groove depth Hg of the circumferential main groove, and
the center bent grooves comprising a raised bottom portion at an opening portion corresponding to the circumferential main groove.