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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, Llc, Nashville, TN (US);
Inventors:
Aleksandr Ian Shmagranoff, Akron, OH (US);
Kevin E. Scheifele, Atwater, OH (US);
Stephen Thomas Miranda, Copley, OH (US);
Todd Alan Buxton, Norton, OH (US);
Assignee:
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, Nashville, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 13/02 (2006.01); B60C 23/18 (2006.01); B29D 30/00 (2006.01); B29D 30/72 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 13/02 (2013.01); B29D 30/0061 (2013.01); B29D 30/72 (2013.01); B60C 23/18 (2013.01); B29D 2030/728 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tire has at least one band of cooling fins located on a sidewall portion of the tire. The band of cooling fins has at least one protruding cooling fin and at least one recess located adjacent to the cooling fin. At least a portion of the recess is recessed axially inwards relative to the cooling fin. The cooling fin has a height equal to or greater than an airflow boundary layer thickness at a predetermined location and angular velocity of the tire.