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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2019
Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Dimitri Tsihlas, Greer, SC (US);
E. Bruce Colby, Greenville, SC (US);
Cesar E. Zarak, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Michael Widmyer, Duncan, SC (US);
Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Abstract
A tread for bonding to a tire carcass to form a retreaded tire having a length, a width, a top side and a bottom side. The tread also includes a central portion and a pair of wing portions extending laterally from the central portions. The top sides of each wing portion include one or more discontinuities having a longitudinal component and configured to resist deflection when subjected to a force from the bottom side and to deflect downwardly when subjected to a force from the top side. In particular embodiments, the one or more discontinuities are arranged within each wing portion are arranged within a thickened portion of each wing portion.