Continental Aktiengesellschaft

Continental Reifen Deutschland Gmbh

Peter Bogenschuetz

Stefan Rittweger

Ulrich Behr

Markus Metz

Joachim Gerhardt

Frank Walloch

A method for determining the profile depth of a tread of a pneumatic vehicle tire wherein the tread has a wear indicator. The wear indicator has an incision extending in the radial direction of the tire. The incision has a length visible on the tread and the length becomes shorter as wear increases. The wear indicator has two reference marks at a distance from each other. The distance is configured to remain constant and visible throughout the tread wear. A photo of the incision and the reference marks is generated via an application program of a mobile phone having a camera and an image screen. A current profile depth is calculated from the distance of the reference marks and the length of the incision via the application program. The current profile depth and/or a remaining profile depth are displayed until a minimal profile depth is reached on the screen.

Method for determining the tread depth of a vehicle pneumatic tire

Tire tread

Tire

Vehicle pneumatic tire with a rubber tread profile having blocks formed by circumferential grooves and transverse grooves. At least some of the transverse grooves are defined by first and second flank segments. The first and second flank segments have different angles with respect to a radial direction. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Vehicle pneumatic tire with transverse grooves defining flank segments having different angles

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Wedemark, Germany

Peter Bogenschuetz