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Title:
PNEUMATIC TIRE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2008037139
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a pneumatic tire capable of reducing pattern noise and suppressing a wandering phenomenon while keeping hydro performance and steering stability good.

At least three main grooves 11 making straight lines are provided on a tread surface 1, and two sub grooves 12 which are linear and thinner/narrower than the all main grooves 11 are provided on both sides of the center main groove 11. A land part 21 is divided in a center area A1 regulated inside of those sub grooves 12, and a land part 22 is divided in an outside area A2 regulated outside of the sub groove 12. A plurality of lug grooves 14 is provided on the land part 22 to divide the land part 22 into a plurality of blocks. At least one of side wall surfaces of each main groove 11 is chamfered, and a cross-section outline shape of a chamfering portion 11a is made to be an arc contacting with the tread surface 1. A ratio of groove width GW2 at a center position in a depth direction to groove width GW1 on the tread surface 1 of each main groove is made to be 30 to 55%.


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Inventors:
NAKAMURA TOMOHIKO
Application Number:
JP2006210285A
Publication Date:
February 21, 2008
Filing Date:
August 01, 2006
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Assignee:
YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO LTD
International Classes:
B60C11/11; B60C11/04; B60C11/12; B60C11/13
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shinichi Ogawa
Takashi Noguchi
Kazuhiko Saishita