Characterized By Rib Pattern Patents (Class D12/572)
  • Patent number: 11648802
    Abstract: A tyre for a motorcycle includes a tread portion. The tread portion includes a crown longitudinal groove extending in a tyre circumferential direction on a side of a tyre equator, a shoulder longitudinal groove extending in the tyre circumferential direction on a side of a first tread edge, and a middle groove arranged between the crown longitudinal groove and the shoulder longitudinal groove. The middle groove includes a plurality of middle main groove portions arranged in the tyre circumferential direction and each protruding toward the tyre equator or the first tread edge. Each of the middle main groove portions is formed in a bent line shape or in an arc shape. Each of the middle main groove portions includes a shallow bottom portion having a groove depth smaller than a maximum groove depth of the shoulder longitudinal groove and a maximum groove depth of the crown longitudinal groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Masafumi Otani
  • Patent number: D501181
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Robert Brown, Alan Nicholls
  • Patent number: D499691
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Rubber & Tire Company
    Inventors: Robert Brown, Alan Nicholls
  • Patent number: D644167
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Isao Yonetsu
  • Patent number: D678182
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Naoya Ochi
  • Patent number: D984364
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: CUSTOM WHEEL HOUSE, LLC
    Inventor: Sean J. Kleinschuster