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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
May. 04, 2016
Compagnie Generale Des Establissements Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Olivier Muhlhoff, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Benoit Durand-Gasselin, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Abstract
Tire tread comprising elongate block () of rubbery material extending in a circumferential direction of the tire. Elongate block () comprises ground contact surface () delimited by first and second lateral walls (). Elongate block () comprises successive sets of cutouts () in the circumferential direction, each set extending in an oblique direction and opening onto the first and second lateral walls, and distributed over the ground contact surface such that, when a set of cutouts reaches second lateral wall (), another set of cutouts starts out from first lateral wall () at the same circumferential level. Each set of cutouts comprises two cutouts, each one extending as far as a cutout end () which does not open onto a lateral wall. Ends such two cutouts are disposed at the same circumferential level. Cutouts of the same set of cutouts do not overlap in a transverse direction.