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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2017
Nexen Tire Corporation, Gyeongsangnam-do, KR;
Lin E. Kung, Gyeongsangnam-do, KR;
Nexen Tire Corporation, Richfield, OH (US);
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.”