IP Library Granted Patent US 11,654,725
Granted Patent B2
US 11,654,725 · App. 16/966,421 · Granted May 23, 2023

Pneumatic tire

Inventor: Haruna Mizushima (Hiratsuka, JP)
Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
B60C11/1323B60C11/0304B60C11/1392B60C2011/0348B60C2011/0381
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Patent No.
US 11,654,725
App. No.
16/966,421
Granted
May 23, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a pneumatic tire, an inner second land portion includes chamfered portions and lug grooves. The chamfered portions are on an edge portion on a tire ground contact edge side of the inner second land portion and widen chamfer widths on a road contact surface of the inner second land portion in a tire circumferential direction. The lug grooves terminate in the inner second land portion at one end portion and open to central portions in a longitudinal direction of the chamfered portions at another end portion. An outer second land portion and an outer shoulder land portion include closed lug grooves terminating in the outer second land portion at one end portion. The closed lug grooves extend in the tire width direction and penetrate a circumferential narrow groove. The closed lug grooves terminate in a ground contact surface of the outer shoulder land portion at another end portion.

Claims (24)

1. A pneumatic tire that has a designation of a mounting direction to a vehicle, the pneumatic tire, comprising:

an inner side shoulder main groove and an inner side center main groove disposed in a region inner side in a vehicle width direction demarcated by a tire equatorial plane;

an outer side center main groove disposed in a region outer side in the vehicle width direction;

a circumferential narrow groove disposed outward of the outer side center main groove in the vehicle width direction;

an inner shoulder land portion and an inner second land portion defined by the inner side shoulder main groove and the inner side center main groove;

an outer second land portion and an outer shoulder land portion defined by the outer side center main groove and the circumferential narrow groove;

the inner second land portion comprising chamfered portions and lug grooves, the chamfered portions being formed on an edge portion on a tire ground contact edge side of the inner second land portion, the chamfered portions widening chamfer widths on a road contact surface of the inner second land portion in a tire circumferential direction, the lug grooves terminating in the inner second land portion at one end portions and open to central portions in a longitudinal direction of the chamfered portions at another end portions; and

the outer second land portion and the outer shoulder land portion comprising closed lug grooves, the closed lug grooves terminating in the outer second land portion at one end portions, the closed lug grooves extending in the tire width direction and penetrating the circumferential narrow groove, the closed lug grooves terminating in a ground contact surface of the outer shoulder land portion at another end portions.

2. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a maximum width We of the chamfered portions has a relationship 0.05≤Wc/Wr 2 ≤0.30 to a ground contact width Wr 2 of the inner second land portion.

3. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a maximum length Lc in the tire circumferential direction from a maximum width position to a minimum width position of the chamfered portions has a relationship 0.60≤Lc/Pc≤1.00 to a pitch length Pc of the chamfered portions.

4. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the chamfered portions have a triangular shape formed by connecting long portions and a short portion on the road contact surface of the inner second land portion.

5. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein an extension length D 22 in the tire width direction of the lug grooves in the inner second land portion has a relationship 0.20≤D 22 /Wr 2 ≤0.80 to a ground contact width Wr 2 of the land portion.

6. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a maximum groove width W 22 of the lug grooves in the inner second land portion has a relationship 0.03≤W 22 /Lc≤0.10 to a maximum length Lc in the tire circumferential direction from a maximum width position to a minimum width position of the chamfered portions.

7. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein an inclination angle θ 22 of the lug grooves in the inner second land portion with respect to the tire circumferential direction is in a range 30 degrees ≤022≤85 degrees.

8. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a distance L 22 in the tire circumferential direction from a maximum width position of the chamfered portions to an opening position of the lug grooves to the chamfered portions has a relationship 0.35≤L 22 /Lc≤0.65 to a maximum length Lc in the tire circumferential direction from the maximum width position to a minimum width position of the chamfered portions.

9. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a distance Di from the circumferential narrow groove to a terminating end portion on an outer second land portion side of the closed lug grooves and a ground contact width Wr 4 of the outer second land portion have a relationship 0.10≤Di/Wr 4 ≤0.60.

10. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a distance Do from the circumferential narrow groove to a terminating end portion on the outer shoulder land portion side of the closed lug grooves and a ground contact width Wr 5 of the shoulder land portion have a relationship 0.10≤Do/Wr 5 ≤0.60.

11. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein an inclination angle θ of the closed lug grooves with respect to the tire circumferential direction is in a range 50 degrees ≤θ≤80 degrees.

12. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein a groove width W 41 of the closed lug grooves and a groove width Ws of the circumferential narrow groove have a relationship 0.30≤W 41 /Ws≤1.50.

13. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein left and right edge portions of the outer side center main groove have a plane structure without an opening portion of a groove or a sipe.

14. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein the inner second land portion comprises narrow grooves, the narrow grooves open to an edge portion on a tire equatorial plane side of the inner second land portion at one end portions, and the narrow grooves terminate near maximum width positions of the chamfered portions or connect to the maximum width positions at another end portions.

15. The pneumatic tire according to claim 1 , wherein

the outer second land portion and the outer shoulder land portion comprise a plurality of types of the closed lug grooves having mutually different extension lengths, and

an extension length L 1 min in the tire width direction of a shortest first closed lug groove and an extension length L 1 max in the tire width direction of a longest second closed lug groove have a relationship 1.10≤L 1 max/L 1 min ≤3.00.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS FOR ASSIGNEE Recorded Nov 18, 2023
From: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
To: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065626/0740 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2021
From: MIZUSHIMA, HARUNA
To: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055237/0409 →