Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

Jean Y Chen

Neel K Mani

Domenic Giampaolo

Justin M Gehres

Various embodiments of a tire having a three-dimensional tire sipe are disclosed. In one embodiment, a tire sipe used in a tire is provided, the tire sipe comprising: a radially inner sipe taper portion having a radially inner sipe width Wand a radially inner sipe transition width W, wherein the radially inner sipe width Wis greater than the radially inner sipe transition width W; a radially outer sipe taper portion having a radially outer sipe width Wand a radially outer sipe transition width W, wherein the radially outer sipe width Wis greater than the radially outer sipe transition width W; and a sipe radially central portion having a plurality of individual sipe radially angled portions oriented in a zig-zag pattern, wherein the sipe radially central portion is oriented radially between the radially inner sipe taper portion and the radially outer sipe taper portion.

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Hudson, OH, United States of America

Jean Y Chen