Pneumatic tire

• Main Authors: KAGEYAMA, NAOKI, TSUBONO, FUMIHIRO, KOYA, MITSUHARU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 14.06.2006
• Subjects: DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCESIN A PLASTIC STATE; REPAIRING, OR CONNECTING VALVES TO, INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIESIN GENERAL; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ARTCOLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TRANSPORTING; TYRE CHANGING OR REPAIRING; TYRE INFLATION; VEHICLE TYRES; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

A pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion provided with sipes (10), the sipes (10) each having a zigzag configuration at any depth from the top of the sipe to a certain depth, and the zigzag configuration having vertexes (Q1) on one side of the zigzag and vertexes (Q2) on the other side of the zigzag, wherein as the depth increases from the top (10a) of the sipe to said certain depth, the vertexes (Q1) on the one side shift in the longitudinal direction of the sipe and the direction of the shift is turned at least once such that the vertexes (Q1) on the one side first shift towards one direction then towards the other direction, thereby describing a zigzag line (15) extending from the top of the sipe to said certain depth and having at least one tuning point, but the vertexes (Q2) on the other side describe lines (16) which are linear or less zigzag when compared with the zigzag lines (15) described by the vertexes (Q1) on the one side.