Continental Reifen Deutschland Gmbh

Helge Rother

Florian Kristen

Chun Yi Yeo

Andreas Schwenke

Alexander WÜST

Commercial vehicle tire of radial design with a tread with circumferential grooves formed to a profile depth, which divide the tread into at least two profile ribs () running in the central region of the tread with profile blocks () separated from one another by transverse grooves () and into shoulder-side profile ribs, wherein at least one of the circumferential grooves () adjoining a central profile rib () has, in cross section, a radially outer sipe-like narrow section () and a channel () adjoining this in the interior of the tread which is configured to be wider than the sipe-like narrow section () and which is delimited by two channel walls () and a channel bottom () forming the groove bottom, and wherein this circumferential groove () is interrupted in its course by entry points of transverse grooves (). Opposite the entry points, a projection (') is formed locally in each case on the channel wall () located opposite the entry points of the transverse grooves ().

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Garbsen, Germany

Helge Rother