The Goodyear & Tire Rubber Company

Frederic Michel-Jean Pons

Richard Heinen

William Urbano Villamizar

Sebastien Willy Fontaine

Olivier Francis Bindner

Claude Lardo

Christian Labbe

Arnaud Caron

Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte

Anne-France Gabrielle Jeanne-Marie Cambron

Jerome Marcel Germain Delu

Michel Jean Yves Windeshausen

Patrick Paul Deblaize

Ananth Bhagavathapuram Srisailapathy

Michel Mottard

Marc Hoffmann

Damian Wilhelm Georges

Marie Charlotte Chaidron

Tire

A stud is inserted into a tread portion of a tire. The first stud includes a tip end protruding from the tread portion for contacting a surface, the tip end comprising a radially outer portion with a first surface, a second surface, a third surface, a fourth surface, a fifth surface, a sixth surface, and a seventh surface, the first surface defining an irregular quadrilateral and extending radially inward from the fourth surface toward a planar side of the tip end; and a base including a flanged bottom portion provided on an end opposite the tip end and extending radially outward, a stump portion provided between the bottom portion and the tip end, and a shank portion interconnecting the stump portion and the bottom portion, the base being embedded and secured in the tread portion of the tire in which the first stud is installed, the bottom portion having a tear-drop shape comprising three planar sides and one semi-cylindrical side.

Winter tire stud

Growing community of inventors

Guenange, France

Frederic Michel-Jean Pons