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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2015
Robert Cecil Lawson, Pelzer, SC (US);
Sadi Kose, Greer, SC (US);
Robert Cecil Lawson, Pelzer, SC (US);
Sadi Kose, Greer, SC (US);
Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Abstract
The present invention includes tire treads () and a method for forming tire treads () having a sipe () with a length extending between opposing terminal ends of the sipe and having a height and a thickness which is variable across the length and height of the sipe. The thickness of the sipe () includes a sipe portion arranged between the opposing terminal ends defining the sipe length and having a thick portion extending at least partially around a perimeter of a thin portion. The thin portion is substantially 0.2 millimeters or less thick and forms at least 40% of the surface area along each of the opposing sides of the sipe, the opposing sides being arranged on opposing sides of the sipe thickness.