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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2018
Applicant:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Inventors:
Julien Alexandre Vaissaud, Arlon, BE;
Alexander Ossipov, Leuven, BE;
Assignee:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/03 (2006.01); B60C 11/13 (2006.01); B60C 11/04 (2006.01); B60C 11/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/0304 (2013.01); B60C 11/0302 (2013.01); B60C 11/0309 (2013.01); B60C 11/04 (2013.01); B60C 11/12 (2013.01); B60C 11/13 (2013.01); B60C 11/1307 (2013.01); B60C 11/1323 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0348 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0353 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0381 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0383 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0388 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0393 (2013.01); B60C 2200/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tread includes a plurality of circumferential grooves. Each of the plurality extends continuously in a tire circumferential direction. The plurality of circumferential grooves defining a circumferentially extending main rib and a circumferentially extending curtain rib axially separated by a curtain groove. The curtain groove having an axial width between 4% and 40% of a minimum axial width of a main groove of the plurality of circumferential grooves. The main groove is disposed axially opposite the curtain groove and adjacent to the curtain rib.