IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,498,370
Granted Patent B2
US 11,498,370 · App. 16/896,214 · Granted Nov 15, 2022

Pneumatic tire

Inventor: Tatsuya Tomida (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
B60C11/13B60C11/032B60C11/1236B60C2011/0353B60C2011/0355
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,498,370
App. No.
16/896,214
Granted
Nov 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a tire including, in a tread surface, a plurality of land portions partitioned by a circumferential main groove extending continuously in a tire circumferential direction, on at least one side in a tire width direction, and comprising, in an internal land portion located in a vehicle-installed inside half portion to a tire equatorial plane among the plurality of land portions, an internal resonator including a first auxiliary groove that terminates in the internal land portion, and a first branch groove that communicates between the first auxiliary groove and the circumferential main groove, and in the first branch groove, a hidden groove having an opening width in the tread surface that is smaller than a groove width of a groove bottom is provided adjacent to the first auxiliary groove.

Claims (9)

1. A tire including, in a tread surface, a plurality of land portions partitioned by a circumferential main groove extending continuously in a tire circumferential direction, on at least one side in a tire width direction, and comprising, in an internal land portion located in a vehicle-installed inside half portion to a tire equatorial plane among the plurality of land portions, an internal resonator including a first auxiliary groove that terminates in the internal land portion, and a first branch groove that communicates between the first auxiliary groove and the circumferential main groove, wherein in the first branch groove, a hidden groove having an opening width in the tread surface that is smaller than a groove width of a groove bottom is provided adjacent to the first auxiliary groove,

in an external land portion located in a vehicle-installed outside half portion to the tire equatorial plane among the plurality of land portions, an external resonator comprising a second auxiliary groove that terminates in the external land portion, and a second branch groove that communicates between the second auxiliary groove and the circumferential main groove, wherein in the tread surface, a length of the external resonator in the tire circumferential direction is smaller than a length of the internal resonator in the tire circumferential direction,

wherein a volume of the second auxiliary groove of the external resonator is smaller than a volume of the first auxiliary groove of the internal resonator, and a number of the external resonators to be arranged in the tire circumferential direction is larger than a number of the internal resonators to be arranged in the tire circumferential direction.

2. The tire according to claim 1 , comprising at least two circumferential main grooves, wherein a groove width of the circumferential main groove on a vehicle-installed innermost side is maximum among the circumferential main grooves.

3. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein the hidden groove of the first branch groove overlaps with the second auxiliary groove in the tire width direction.

4. The tire according to claim 1 , wherein a groove depth of the first auxiliary groove is minimum in a portion adjacent to the first branch groove.

5. The tire according to claim 2 , wherein the hidden groove of the first branch groove overlaps with the second auxiliary groove in the tire width direction.

6. The tire according to claim 2 , wherein a groove depth of the first auxiliary groove is minimum in a portion adjacent to the first branch groove.

7. The tire according to claim 3 , wherein a groove depth of the first auxiliary groove is minimum in a portion adjacent to the first branch groove.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 9, 2020
From: TOMIDA, TATSUYA
To: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052871/0414 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-239023 · Dec 13, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part PCTJP2018045347 · Dec 10, 2018
Related Publication 20200298628A1 · Sep 24, 2020
Cited By (1)
US 12,472,779