A multi-purpose tire comprising: a tread section comprising a main tread zone and at least one auxiliary tread zone, the tread section is configured to facilitate, at a first inflation pressure, a first tread configuration, wherein the at least one auxiliary tread section makes contact with a road surface and, at a second inflation pressure, a second tread configuration, wherein a contact of the at least one auxiliary tread section with the road is prevented or reduced, the first inflation pressure being lower than the second inflation pressure, wherein the tread section further comprises, in an inner surface thereof, one or more channels extending continuously in a circumferential direction of the tire and configured to regulate an inflation-pressure-dependent transition between the first and second tread configurations.
VEHICLE TIRES
2020-02-27
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60C VEHICLE TYRES , Fahrzeugreifen |