IP Library Granted Patent US 12,502,913
Granted Patent B2
US 12,502,913 · App. 17/758,330 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Tire

Inventor: Hiroyuki Yoshida (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
B60C11/01B60C13/02B60C2200/14
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Patent No.
US 12,502,913
App. No.
17/758,330
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a tire. At least one of sidewall portions includes a plurality of side blocks rising from a surface of the at least one of sidewall portions and a plurality of side grooves defined by the side blocks adjacent to each other in a tire circumferential direction, one end of the plurality of side grooves opening to an inner side in a tire radial direction. A land ratio of an area of a region of the side blocks to an area of a region defined by a first imaginary line along a ridge, which is a mold split position, and a second imaginary line along an individual leading edge portion on the inner side of a plurality of the side blocks in the tire radial direction is in a range 40%≤R1≤80%.

Claims (17)

1 . A tire, comprising:

a tread portion extending in a tire circumferential direction; and

a pair of sidewall portions respectively disposed on both sides of the tread portion;

at least one of the pair of sidewall portions comprising a plurality of side blocks rising from a surface of the at least one of the sidewall portions and a plurality of side grooves defined by the side blocks adjacent to each other in the tire circumferential direction, one end of each of the plurality of side grooves opening to an inner side in a tire radial direction,

when a first imaginary line along a mold split position, which is a boundary between a tread mold forming the tread portion and a side mold forming the side blocks and the sidewall portions, and a second imaginary line along an individual end portion on the inner side of a plurality of the side blocks in the tire radial direction are defined, a land ratio R1 of a region defined by the first imaginary line and the second imaginary line to regions of the side blocks being in a range 40%≤R1≤80%, wherein

the side blocks each include a recess portion in a substantially central portion in the tire circumferential direction and a shallow groove that is connected to the recess portion and is shallower than the recess portion, and the shallow groove extends to the inner side in the tire radial direction and opens to the side groove, and

a shoulder region of the tread portion includes a plurality of shoulder blocks arranged in the tire circumferential direction, and the side blocks are disposed straddling at least two of the shoulder blocks adjacent to each other in the tire circumferential direction.

2 . The tire according to claim 1 , wherein a third imaginary line along intermediate positions between the first imaginary line and the second imaginary line at a vertical distance in the tire radial direction is defined, and an outer circumference land ratio R2 of an outer circumferential region defined by the first imaginary line and the third imaginary line to regions of the side blocks in the outer circumferential region is in a range 65%≤R2≤90%.

3 . The tire according to claim 2 , wherein a relationship between the outer circumference land ratio R2 and the land ratio R1 is in a range 1.1≤(R2/R1)≤1.7.

4 . The tire according to claim 3 , wherein the side blocks have a projection amount of 3 mm or more and 10 mm or less from the surfaces of the sidewall portions.

5 . The tire according to claim 4 , wherein a relationship between a vertical distance A from the mold split position to the individual end portion on the inner side in the tire radial direction in the side blocks and a tire cross-sectional height SH is in a range 0.1≤(A/SH)≤0.4.

6 . The tire according to claim 2 , wherein the third imaginary line along the intermediate positions between the first imaginary line and the second imaginary line at the vertical distance in the tire radial direction is defined, and an inner circumference land ratio R3 of an inner circumferential region defined by the second imaginary line and the third imaginary line to regions of the side blocks in the inner circumferential region is in a range 35%≤R3≤70%.

7 . The tire according to claim 6 , wherein a relationship between the inner circumference land ratio R3 and the outer circumference land ratio R2 is in a range 0.5≤(R3/R2)≤0.8.

8 . The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the third imaginary line along the intermediate positions between the first imaginary line and the second imaginary line at the vertical distance in the tire radial direction is defined, and an inner circumference land ratio R3 of an inner circumferential region defined by the second imaginary line and the third imaginary line to regions of the side blocks in the inner circumferential region is in a range 35%≤R3≤70%.

9 . The tire according to claim 8 , wherein a relationship between the inner circumference land ratio R3 and the outer circumference land ratio R2 is in a range 0.5≤(R3/R2)≤0.8.

10 . The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the side blocks have a projection amount of 3 mm or more and 10 mm or less from the surfaces of the sidewall portions.

11 . The tire according to claim 1 , wherein a relationship between a vertical distance A from the mold split position to the individual end portion on the inner side in the tire radial direction in the side blocks and a tire cross-sectional height SH is in a range 0.1≤(A/SH)≤0.4.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2024
From: YOSHIDA, HIROYUKI
To: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 067827/0976 →
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 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-002327 · Jan 9, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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