Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

Chad J Saylor

Keith A Dumigan

David E Schultz

David M Severyn

Neal G Sehm

Michael J Kubiak

Dale R Harrigle, Jr

Darren F Stursa

Tire

A mold design having a non-symmetric tread ring parting line is described that forms a tread pattern that extends onto the off-shoulder area of a tire on one side. The mold has a single tread segment that forms the entire tread pattern on the tire. The tread segment of the mold is non-symmetric in that one end, a first end, extends farther downward than the opposite end, a second end. The first end of the tread segment contains a tread pattern design capable of imparting a tread design on the off-shoulder or sidewall of one side of the tire to form a non-symmetric tread pattern.

Non-symmetrical tread ring parting line mold

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North Canton, OH, United States of America

Chad J Saylor