Patent ID: 9352620
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: B60C

Claim Text:
1. A motorcycle tire for running on rough terrain comprising: a tread portion provided with a block pattern defined by blocks, the blocks including major groups arranged circumferentially of the tire at intervals and minor groups between the major groups, wherein each of the major groups consists of four of said blocks arranged axially with respect to the tire and each is connected to the next with a tie bar having a radial height lower than that of the blocks, wherein the four blocks are each defined as having the centroid of its top surface within a center region of the tread portion defined as being centered on the tire equator and having a developed width of 60% of a developed tread width, and angles (θ each of the minor groups consists of two or three of said blocks connected with each other with a tie bar having a radial height lower than that of the blocks, and angles of straight lines drawn between axially adjacent centroids of the top surfaces of the blocks of the minor groups are 15 to 80 degrees with respect to the tire axial direction, and wherein the minor groups include