ASYMMETRICAL TYPE TREAD OF TIRE

摘要

PURPOSE: To provide a tire tread having high-performance cornering and good tensile force on a road surface covered with mud or snow. CONSTITUTION: This asymmetric nondirectional tire tread 12 has a plurality of ground engaging tread elements 22 separated by circumferential grooves 24 and lateral grooves, and the net contact area in a first tread half is approximately equivalent to a net contact area in a second tread half. The tread stiffness in the first tread half preferably is higher than in the second tread half. The outboard side of some circumferential grooves 24 is tapered to buttress the tread elements 22 against cornering forces.