PNEUMATIC TIRE
Provided is a pneumatic tire including a tread portion having a ground contact surface configured to contact a road surface. The tread portion includes at least one groove that opens to the ground contact surface. The groove includes a projecting region provided with a plurality of fine projections that project from a groove wall surface facing space within the groove so as to be distributed in a point manner. A ratio H/L 1 of a projection height H of the fine projection from the groove wall surface and a groove depth L 1 of the groove from the ground contact surface is from 0.01 to 0.09. A ratio W/L 2 of a width W of the fine projection orthogonal to a projection direction of the fine projection and a groove width L 2 of the groove is from 0.002 to 0.02.
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11 . A pneumatic tire, comprising:
a tread portion comprising a ground contact surface configured to contact a road surface,
the tread portion comprising at least one groove that opens to the ground contact surface,
the groove comprising a projecting region provided with a plurality of fine projections that are distributed and disposed in a point manner on a groove wall surface that contacts a space within the groove, and project from the groove wall surface,
a ratio H/L 1 of a projection height H of the fine projection from the groove wall surface and a groove depth L 1 of the groove from the ground contact surface being from 0.01 to 0.09,
and a ratio W/L 2 of a width W of the fine projection orthogonal to a projection direction of the fine projection and a groove width L 2 of the groove being from 0.002 to 0.02.
12 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 11 , wherein a ratio H/W of the projection height H to the width W is from 0.3 to 30.
13 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 11 , wherein the fine projection has a substantially frustum shape in which an area of a cross-section of the fine projection orthogonal to the projection direction decreases away from the groove wall surface, and a ratio S 1 /S 2 of an area S 1 of the cross-section at a tip of the fine projection to an area S 2 of the cross-section of the fine projection along the groove wall surface is from 0.01 to 0.8.
14 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 11 , wherein a protrusion area ratio of a total of the areas of cross-sections of the fine projections along the groove wall surface with respect to an area of the projecting region along the groove wall surface is from 0.1 to 1.0.
15 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 11 , wherein a density of the fine projections in the projecting region is 5 or greater per 1 mm 2 of the projecting region.
16 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 15 , wherein the projecting region comprises a plurality of regions that differ in the density.
17 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 16 , wherein the plurality of regions are disposed along a groove depth direction of the groove such that the deeper a position of a region is in the groove depth direction, the larger the density is.
18 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 11 , wherein
the groove comprises a plurality of circumferential main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction, and
the projecting region is provided at least in the circumferential main groove located in a center region that is 40% of a tire width direction length of the ground contact surface on both sides of a tire centerline in the tire width direction.
19 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 11 , wherein the projecting region is provided at least on a surface of a groove bottom of the groove wall surface.
20 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 11 , wherein the fine projections are distributed and disposed on the groove wall surface so as to form a plurality of rows extending in a direction intersecting an extension direction of a boundary between the ground contact surface and the groove wall surface.
21 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 12 , wherein the fine projection has a substantially frustum shape in which an area of a cross-section of the fine projection orthogonal to the projection direction decreases away from the groove wall surface, and a ratio S 1 /S 2 of an area S 1 of the cross-section at a tip of the fine projection to an area S 2 of the cross-section of the fine projection along the groove wall surface is from 0.01 to 0.8.
22 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 21 , wherein a protrusion area ratio of a total of the areas of the cross-sections of the fine projections along the groove wall surface with respect to an area of the projecting region along the groove wall surface is from 0.1 to 1.0.
23 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 22 , wherein a density of the fine projections in the projecting region is 5 or greater per 1 mm 2 of the projecting region.
24 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 23 , wherein the projecting region comprises a plurality of regions that differ in the density.
25 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 24 , wherein the plurality of regions are disposed along a groove depth direction of the groove such that the deeper a position of a region is in the groove depth direction, the larger the density is.
26 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 25 , wherein
the groove comprises a plurality of circumferential main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction, and
the projecting region is provided at least in the circumferential main groove located in a center region that is 40% of a tire width direction length of the ground contact surface on both sides of a tire centerline in the tire width direction.
27 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 26 , wherein the projecting region is provided at least on a surface of a groove bottom of the groove wall surface.
28 . The pneumatic tire according to claim 27 , wherein the fine projections are distributed and disposed on the groove wall surface so as to form a plurality of rows extending in a direction intersecting an extension direction of a boundary between the ground contact surface and the groove wall surface.