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Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 24, 2017
Applicant:

Nexen Tire Corporation, Gyeongsangnam-do, KR;

Inventor:

Lin E. Kung, Gyeongsangnam-do, KR;

Assignee:

Nexen Tire Corporation, Richfield, OH (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/11 (2006.01); B60C 11/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/0318 (2013.01); B60C 11/11 (2013.01); B60C 2200/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A tire includes a tire carcass, and a tread extending circumferentially about the tire carcass and including a noise-reducing tread pattern. The noise-reducing tread pattern includes a plurality of tread elements, with the tread elements having a first pitch length (1), a second pitch length (2), or a third pitch length (3). The noise-reducing tread pattern includes one of the following circumferential configurations: a circumferential row including 40 pitches, with 13 occurrences of '1,' 13 occurrences of '2,' and 14 occurrences of “3;” a circumferential row including 38 pitches, with 10 occurrences of “1,” 19 occurrences of “2,” and 9 occurrences of “3;” a circumferential row including 42 pitches, with 10 occurrences of “1,” 19 occurrences of “2,” and 13 occurrences of “3;” and a circumferential row including 44 pitches, with 11 occurrences of “1,” 20 occurrences of “2,” and 13 occurrences of “3.”


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