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Title:
PNEUMATIC TIRE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2012228920
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a pneumatic tire with improved wet and dry performances.

The pneumatic tire 1 includes: circumferential main grooves 21, 22 extended in a tire circumferential direction; land parts 31-33 formed by the circumferential main grooves 21, 22; and a plurality of horizontal grooves 4 arranged in at least one of the land parts 32, 33, extending in the tire width direction and penetrating through the land part 32. Each of the horizontal grooves 4 has a raised bottom part 5 formed by partially raising the bottom of the groove. The number of the raised bottom parts 5 formed in the center region N_ce, the number of the raised bottom parts 5 formed in the inside region N_in, and the number of the raised bottom parts 5 formed in the outside region N_out have the following relationships: N_ce/(N_ce+N_in+N_out)≥0.2, N_in/(N_ce+N_in+N_out)≥0.1, and N_out/(N_ce+N_in+N_out)≥0.1.


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Inventors:
KODA KEI
Application Number:
JP2011097570A
Publication Date:
November 22, 2012
Filing Date:
April 25, 2011
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO LTD
International Classes:
B60C11/04; B60C11/01; B60C11/03; B60C11/11; B60C11/13
Domestic Patent References:
JPH08104112A1996-04-23
JP2007216801A2007-08-30
JPH11301217A1999-11-02
JPH0924709A1997-01-28
JPH09175117A1997-07-08
JPH06171318A1994-06-21
Foreign References:
US5814169A1998-09-29
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hiroaki Sakai
Jun Takamura