The Goodyear & Tire Rubber Company

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Thomas Charles Pierre Roland

Sebastien Willy Fontaine

Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte

Frederic Ngo

Jeremy Pierre Haas

Samir Bensalah

Olivier Francis Bindner

Veronique Marie-Jose Herbeuval

Claude Charles Jacoby

Michel Mottard

Armand René Gabriel Leconte

Pavel Kroupa

Selcuk Ata

Sebastien Morin

Sébastien Morin

Beni Rukundo

Sameer Gupta

Matthias Milse

Pierrick Francois Ley

Fabien Ocampo

Sabine Chantal Gabriel

Virginie Schwinn

Olivier Françis Bindner

The present invention provides a tire for a vehicle comprising: a rotation axis, a midplane at a central position along the rotation axis; a circumferential tread portion around the rotation axis, the circumferential tread portion comprising: a tread pattern exhibiting at least a first pitch pattern and a second pitch pattern each comprising: a center block crossed by the midplane, and two side block alignments, said side block alignments being inclined with respect to one another and extending from the center block; the first pitch pattern including: a first pitch length, a first number of blocks; the second pitch pattern including: a second pitch length which is shorter than the first pitch length, and a third number of blocks which is greater than the first number of blocks.

Tire with variable number of lateral blocks per pitch

Tire

This invention discloses a tire tread comprising: (a) a first tread cap layer comprising a first rubber composition; and (b) a second tread cap layer arranged radially inside of the first tread cap layer comprising a second rubber composition; wherein at 0&#xb0; C. the rebound resilience of the first rubber composition is within a range of 10% to 25%, the rebound resilience of the second rubber composition is within a range of 15% to 35% and is at least 5% lower than that of the second rubber composition; and wherein at 100&#xb0; C. the rebound resilience of the first rubber composition is within a range of 45% to 65%, the rebound resilience of the second rubber composition is within a range of 60% to 75% and is at least 3% higher than that of the first rubber composition.

Tire having a multilayer tread cap

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Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Thomas Charles Pierre Roland