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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2015
Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Michelin Recherche ET Technique S.a., Granges-Paccot, CH;
Olivier Muhlhoff, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Jean-Claude Desvignes, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Bernard Villeneuve, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Anthony Gueugneau, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Jonathan Lejeune, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Julien Besset, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Abstract
A tire () made of rubber material, comprising a tread (), said tread having a tread surface () intended to come into contact with a road surface when the tire is being driven on, this tread surface having, in cross section, a certain curvature. The tread surface () comprises, over at least 80% of its surface, a texture () contrasting with the rest of the tire, this texture () having a plurality of elements that protrude from or are recessed into the tread surface (), and each element extends perpendicularly (θ=90°)to the tread surface () along the curvature of this tread surface ().