Patent ID: 6971425

Claim:
A tyre for a vehicle wheel, comprising: a carcass structure; a belt structure; and a tread band; wherein the carcass structure comprises a central crown portion and two axially opposite sidewalls terminating in beads for mounting the tyre on a corresponding rim of the wheel, wherein the belt structure is coaxially associated with the carcass structure, wherein the tread band extends coaxially around the belt structure, wherein the tread band comprises an asymmetrical pattern, comprising: a central zone; an inner or vehicle-side shoulder zone; and an outer or non-vehicle-side shoulder zone; wherein the central zone is delimited between two axially inner circumferential grooves, wherein the central zone comprises at least two intermediate circumferential grooves, wherein the central zone further comprises a plurality of first transverse recesses that are inclined relative to a circumferential direction of the tyre, wherein the first transverse recesses are connected to at least one of the intermediate circumferential grooves, wherein the first transverse recesses extend from the axially inner circumferential groove delimiting the inner or vehicle-side shoulder zone toward an equatorial plane of the tyre, wherein the shoulder zones are each delimited between respective axially inner and axially outer circumferential grooves, wherein the shoulder zones comprise a plurality of second transverse recesses that are substantially perpendicular or inclined relative to the circumferential direction of the tyre, wherein the central zone further comprises a plurality of third transverse recesses, wherein the third transverse recesses are inclined in a direction opposite, relative to the circumferential direction of the tyre, to the first transverse recesses, wherein the third transverse recesses extend between two of the intermediate circumferential grooves, wherein the at least one of the intermediate circumferential grooves comprises a substantially V-shaped cross-section, wherein a width of the at least one of the intermediate circumferential grooves is greater than a width of the first transverse recesses, and wherein a depth of the at least one of the intermediate circumferential grooves is less than a depth of the first transverse recesses.