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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2018
Applicant:
Hankook Tire Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Jae Surb Byeon, Daejeon, KR;
Ha Eun Koog, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Hankook Tire Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/12 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B60C 11/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/1204 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B60C 11/0302 (2013.01); B60C 11/1236 (2013.01); B60C 11/1272 (2013.01); B60C 11/1281 (2013.01); B60C 2011/1213 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tire having includes a V-shaped kerf to increase the directionality of running of the tire and having a drainage section at the lower side of the kerf to enhance (e.g., improve) the water drainage performance. The tire having V-shaped kerfs includes a kerf formed on a block and allowing water introduced thereinto to be discharged to a groove, and a drainage section connected to the groove to discharge the water to the groove, the drainage section being a space defined in the longitudinal direction of the kerf.