摘要 |
<p>The tire treads (11) comprise an uneven number of axially spaced straight grooves (400-404) which extend circumferentially about the tire (10), the center groove (402) having its centerline on the equatorial plane (EP), and a plurality of circumferentially spaced laterally extending grooves (430-435), the axially innermost grooves (431-434) forming with the equatorial plane an angle comprised between 30 DEG and 60 DEG , the two axially outermost grooves (430, 435) forming with the equatorial plane an angle comprised between 60 DEG and 80 DEG . The circumferentially and laterally extending grooves define rows of land portions having the shape of a large parallelogram adjacent to a small parallelogram. The small parallelogram has one of his small sides in the continuation of one of the sides of the large parallelogram delimiting a circumferentially extending groove (400-404). The length of the small side of the small parallelogram is changed in order to modify the performance characteristics of the tire. <IMAGE></p> |