The Goodyear & Tire Rubber Company

John Janis Taube

Christopher Paul Johenning

Terry John Waibel

Douglas A Swift

Christopher Alan Mantheiy

Michael Joseph Weber

David Dean Hutson

Graham Stanley Ball

Randall Raymond Brayer, Sr

Warren L Croyle

Thomas Carl Evans

Janet Lynn Melia

Maurice Graas

David Ray Hubbell

Andrew Frederick Weimer

Tire tread

A directional, symmetrical tread 12 for a tire 10 is disclosed. The tread 12 has a row 40 of elements 30, 32 which have leading and trailing edge surfaces relative to the direction of forward travel. Between the leading edge 70 of the second element and the trailing edge 74 of the first element is a tie bar 66 having a radial height which varies across the lateral width of the tie bar 66 and circumferential length of the tie bar 66.

Tire having tread including working rib portion

Tire tread including tie bar

Combined tire tread and sidewall

An asymmetric tire tread is divided circumferentially into first, second, and third zones. The edge between the second and third zone in the tire is in the center of an aquachannel.

Asymmetric tire tread with an aquachannel

The tire treads are divided circumferentially into first, second, and third zones. The edge between each of the three zones in the tire treads are in the center of an aquachannel. The tires have a tread groove pattern that is asymmetric in character.

Asymmetric tire tread with two aquachannels

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Tallmadge, OH, United States of America

John Janis Taube