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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2014
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, Llc, Nashville, TN (US);
Bridgestone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Samuel O. Givens, Copley, OH (US);
Dennis W. Snyder, Uniontown, OH (US);
Bradley J. Harris, New London, OH (US);
Steven M. Sawyer, Akron, OH (US);
Kevin J. Kosmac, Fairlawn, OH (US);
Jeffrey D. Parker, Copley, OH (US);
Masataka Uchiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuo Shimizu, Saitama Prefecture, JP;
Leonard M. Shoun, Kent, OH (US);
Matthew T. Schreiner, Akron, OH (US);
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, Nashville, TN (US);
Bridgestone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A tire includes a circumferential tread constructed of a base material. The circumferential tread has a plurality of bars, each of the plurality of bars having a top surface and a plurality of side surfaces. The circumferential tread further has a plurality of valleys disposed between the plurality of bars. A reinforcement layer covers at least some of the plurality of valleys and an outer layer covers at least a portion of the reinforcement layer.