Patent ID: 6415834
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: B60C,Y02T,Y10S

Abstract:
A tire for vehicles, comprising:a carcass structure including a central crown portion and two sidewalls ending into a couple of beads for anchoring to a rim of a wheel; a belt structure coaxially associated to the carcass structure; and a tread coaxially extending around the belt structure, comprising a plurality of blocks located on opposite sides of an equatorial plane of the tire between a longitudinal groove formed astride the equatorial plane of the tire and two additional longitudinal grooves, the blocks being circumferentially spaced by a plurality of first slits extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to a rolling direction of the tire; wherein the tread further comprises a plurality of transversal grooves, pitchwise spaced from one another and extending parallel to and between the first slits, the transversal grooves being provided with second slits extending from a bottom portion thereof, wherein the transversal grooves comprise a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion is proximal to the equatorial plane of the tire and the second portion is distal with respect to the equatorial plane of the tire, and wherein a depth of the distal portion is greater than a depth of the proximal portion.