Abstract: Disclosed is a pneumatic tire including: in a tread surface of a tread portion, a pair of main grooves (center main groove and shoulder main groove) arranged side by side in a tire lateral direction and extending in a tire circumferential direction; land portions (middle land portion) defined by the main grooves; a plurality of lug grooves arranged side by side in the tire circumferential direction and bent and folded back, each of the lug grooves including one end communicating with the shoulder main groove, the other end terminating within the middle land portion, and a bending point in a middle of a path from one end to the other end; and sipes extending across the lug grooves, at least one side of the sipe with respect to the lug groove being formed in a zigzag shape.
Abstract: A tyre for winter comprises a tread portion 2 having a first tread edge (Te1) and a second tread edge (Te2) and sipes 40 provided in at least a part of the tread portion 2. The tread portion 2 is provided with a plurality of first oblique grooves (10A) each extending obliquely from the first tread edge (Te1) toward the second tread edge (Te2). Each of the first oblique grooves (10A) has an inner end (10a) terminating between a tyre equator (C) and the second tread edge (Te2). The inner end (10a) is not connected with other grooves.
Inventors:
Dale Edward Umstot, Joseph Henry Laco, Tuck Foo Thum, William Thomas Adams, Jr., Karl Eric Sundkvist, James Ray Millard, Ryan Hampton Copeland
Inventors:
Billy Joe Ratliff, Jr., Paul Bryan Maxwell, Michael Joseph Weber, Michael Carl Schiavone, Christopher James Mileti, John Robert Kullman, Jonathan James Shondel
Inventors:
Maurice Graas, Nicolas Claude Jean-Claude Froger, Matthieu Pingenat, William Urbano Villamizar, Bernard Jean Francois Croissant, Alexander Ossipov, Ralf Reinardt