Patent ID: 9327557
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: B60C

Claim Text:
1. A motorcycle tyre comprising: a carcass structure comprising a crown portion and two lateral portions axially opposed to each other, each lateral portion being associated with a respective bead structure; a belt structure applied in a radially outer position with respect to the carcass structure; and a tread band applied in a radially outer position with respect to the belt structure, wherein: said carcass structure comprises at least two radially superimposed carcass plies comprising, in each ply, reinforcing cords substantially parallel with each other, oriented according to inclined directions with respect to an equatorial plane of the tyre and opposed to the reinforcing cords of the radially adjacent ply; said belt structure comprises at least one belt layer comprising at least one reinforcing cord disposed so as to form a plurality of windings disposed according to a substantially null angle with respect to the equatorial plane of the tyre, wherein said at least one belt layer extends at most on 70% of a lateral development of said crown portion of said carcass structure; and said tread band comprises a plurality of blocks circumferentially spaced by transverse grooves; wherein said plurality of blocks comprises two central blocks and two axially outer blocks, each axially outer block being separated from a central block by a longitudinal groove; wherein the two central blocks are separated by a longitudinal groove having a maximum width between 3 and 8 mm; and wherein the belt layer extends at most up to a crown portion of the carcass structure corresponding to about 30% of an extension of an axially outer block.