HIGH-CAPACITY TIRE Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC B60C11/117 B60C11/12 B60C11/04 

FIELD: transport.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to vehicle tire tread design. High-capacity tire includes tread provided with four or five longitudinal grooves so that in axial direction they divide the tread into five or six ribs. Five or six ribs include a pair of ribs of shoulder area each one of which is provided with shoulder lateral groove, and three or four ribs of crown area each one of which is provided with lateral grooves of crown. Lateral grooves of crown pass throughout the crown area rib width. Shoulder lateral grooves pass axially outwards from axially-inner edge of shoulder area rib so that they end at axial distance of 78 to 88% of shoulder area rib axial width from the mentioned axially-inner edge. Depth of longitudinal grooves is 15 to 20 mm. Depth of lateral grooves of crown is 9 to 30% of longitudinal grooves depth. Depth of shoulder lateral grooves is 9 to 25% of longitudinal grooves depth. Tread width TW is 0.78 to 0.87 of tire cross-section width SW.

EFFECT: improved resistance to shoulder tire wear, as well as improved running characteristics of tire on wt road surface.

6 cl, 6 dwg, 1 tbl