Resilient tires and wheels – Tires – resilient – Anti-skid devices
Patent
1986-04-02
1988-07-12
Ball, Michael
Resilient tires and wheels
Tires, resilient
Anti-skid devices
B60C 1103
Patent
active
047563524
ABSTRACT:
A pneumatic tire comprising a tread divided into at least three ribs by at least two main wide grooves extending substantially in a circumferential direction of the tire, wherein a shoulder rib arranged at an outermost end portion of the tread is divided in an axial direction parallel to an axis of rotation of the tire into at least two shoulder rib portions; and between two adjacent shoulder rib portions of said at least two shoulder rib portions, an outer surface of an outer shoulder rib portion is radially inwardly disposed with respect to an extension line of an outer surface of an inner shoulder rib portion arranged inwardly of the outer rib portion. A plurality of sipes may be formed in the vicinity of an outer end of at least one shoulder rib portion other than an outermost shoulder rib portion. Further, a plurality of sipes are formed in the vicinities of outer ends of at least two rib portions other than an outermost rib portion, the quantity of siping being gradually reduced in the axial direction.
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Mamada Mamoru
Motomura Kenichi
Ogawa Hiroshi
Tansei Hikaru
Yamada Yukimasa
Ball Michael
Bridgestone Corporation 10-1
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