Abstract: Disclosed is a pneumatic tire including a straight main groove and two wave-shaped main grooves arranged in the center area of a tread, and diagonal grooves arranged in each shoulder area ranging from each wave-shaped main groove to the outer side of the tire, and extending obliquely outward from the wave-shaped main groove to a direction reverse to the tire rotational direction, the rotational direction being specified for the tire. Each diagonal groove is formed to have a convex protruding toward the outer side of the tire, and the extending end portion of the diagonal groove terminates in the shoulder area. Thus, each shoulder area is provided with a non-block pattern in which a land section continues in the tire circumferential direction. Thereby, the pneumatic tire has increased driving stability and uneven wear resistance while substantially maintaining good drainage performance and noise performance against columnar resonance.
Inventors:
Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Laurent Rene Nicolas Haas, Anne-France Gabrielle Jeanne-Marie Cambron, Vincent Dominque Claude Rion, Jean Joseph Victor Collette, Alexander Ossipov
Inventors:
Sebastien Willy Fontaine, Anne-France Gabrielle Jeanne-Marie Cambron, Jean Joseph Victor Collette, Vincent Dominque Claude Rion, Alexander Ossipov
Inventors:
Phuoc Thuan Le, Lionel Jean-Marie Bortolet, Daniel Scheuren, Michel Pierre Charles Robert, Jean-Claude Knepper, Vincent Dominique Claude Rion, Georges Gaston Feider, Jean-Philippe Ska, Stephane Houchard, Jaroslaw Micek
Inventors:
Vincent Benoit Mathonet, Daniel Scheuren, Philippe Joseph Auguste Muller, Laurent Luigi Domenico Colantonio, Julien Caroux, Markus Johannes Gross