Resilient tires and wheels – Tires – resilient – Anti-skid devices
Reexamination Certificate
2008-04-22
2008-04-22
Maki, Steven D. (Department: 1791)
Resilient tires and wheels
Tires, resilient
Anti-skid devices
C152S209260, C152S209270, C152SDIG020
Reexamination Certificate
active
07360569
ABSTRACT:
It is a subject to improve wet performances and noise performances while restricting degradations in dry performances, and for solving this subject, the pneumatic tire is comprised of a tread grounding surface that is partitioned into four to five regions by three to four main grooves that extend successively in the tire circumferential direction. The main grooves are comprised of one large width main groove which groove width comprises 4 to 20% of a tread grounding width and which is apart from the tire equator by a distance corresponding to 5 to 30% of the tread grounding width further to one grounding end side, and small width main grooves that are disposed between the large width main groove and the other grounding end and which groove width is larger than 2.0 mm but smaller than that of the large width main groove. Both groove side edges of the large width main groove extends in a successive and linear manner in the tire circumferential direction without being interrupted. A ratio ST/SY between a front and rear rigidity ST of the tread grounding surface and a lateral rigidity SY is set to be larger than 0.9 but smaller than 1.1. The lateral rigidity SYs is set to be larger than the front and rear rigidity STs for the shoulder block regions4s1, 4s2on both sides. As for the central block region (when the number of main grooves is three, crown block regions4c1, 4c2, and when the number of main grooves is four, the circumferential rib region4c2), the lateral rigidity SYc is smaller than the front and rear rigidity STe.
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Birch & Stewart Kolasch & Birch, LLP
Maki Steven D.
Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.
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