Pneumatic tires

Abstract

The present invention provides a pneumatic tire capable of improving snow traction performance while maintaining good running performance on an unpaved road surface and uneven wear resistance performance. The lug grooves (20, 30) are alternately arranged, and the lug grooves (20, 30) are composed of: a first groove portion (21, 31) crossing the tire equator CL and extending in the tire width direction; The second groove portion (22, 32) is inclined from one end of the first groove portion (21, 31) at an angle smaller than the angle of the first groove portion (21, 31) relative to the tire circumferential direction and extends to one side of the tire equator The other end of the first groove portion (21, 31) communicates with the second groove portion (32, 22) Arranging the first groove portion (21, 31) at a position closer to the tread side than the end portion of each lug groove (20, 30) on the tread end E side, with the second groove portion (22, 32) The second groove portion (22, 32) is bent or bent in such a manner that the average angle θa in the inner region A is smaller than the average angle θb in the outer region B, and the second grooves to be adjacent in the tire circumferential direction Circumferential thin grooves (40) and lug grooves (20, 30) connecting the portions (22, 32) to each other demarcate the tread of the block (50) forming a shallow groove (60) having at least one inflection point.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire suitable as a pneumatic tire for heavy loads, and more specifically, to a pneumatic tire having improved traction performance on snow while maintaining good running performance on unpaved road surfaces and uneven wear resistance pneumatic tires. Background technique [0002] Pneumatic tires for heavy loads used for construction vehicles such as dump trucks are mainly required to be excellent in running performance (traction performance) on unpaved roads. Therefore, a block-based tread pattern having many lug grooves extending in the tire width direction is used (for example, refer to Patent Document 1). [0003] On the other hand, in recent years, the performance requirements for various tires have been increased, and in the above-mentioned tires, not only running performance on unpaved roads but also improvement in traction performance on snow is required. Moreover, tires such as those described abov...

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Moreover, tires such as the above, in addition to the fact that the tread pattern is the base tone of the block, have a high frequency of braking and driving in relation to the conditions of use, and in addition, the frequency of driving in sharp turns is also high, so there is a tendency for uneven wear to occur. Tendency, it is also required to maintain or improve the uneven wear resistance

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