Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin

Satish Kaithal

Jeremy Trowbridge

Michael Knauff

A heavy truck tire is provided that has a plurality of tread zones located at different locations in a lateral direction of the tread and configured for engaging a road. The first tread zone has a first max tan(&#x3b4;), and a second tread zone located next to the first tread zone in the lateral direction has a second max tan(&#x3b4;) is different than the first max tan(&#x3b4;). The second tread zone is between the first tread zone and a third tread zone. The third tread zone has a third max tan(&#x3b4;) that is the same as or close to the first max tan(&#x3b4;). The first, second and third max tan(&#x3b4;) are all within the range from 0.01-0.30. Also, either the first max tan(&#x3b4;) is at least 0.05 greater than the second max tan(&#x3b4;) or the second max tan(&#x3b4;) is at least 0.05 greater than the first max tan(&#x3b4;).

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Satish Kaithal