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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, Llc, Nashville, TN (US);
Inventor:
Kevin E. Scheifele, Atwater, OH (US);
Assignee:
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, Nashville, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/12 (2006.01); B60C 11/03 (2006.01); B60C 11/04 (2006.01); B60C 11/13 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/1218 (2013.01); B60C 11/0306 (2013.01); B60C 11/04 (2013.01); B60C 11/1281 (2013.01); B60C 11/1392 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0341 (2013.01); B60C 2011/1213 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to tire tread blocks each having a sipe and cut-out portions that reveal a three dimensional sipe pattern on interior walls of the tread block. More particularly, the sipe defines the interior walls of the tread block and divides the tread block into first and second portions. The sipe further defines the sipe pattern on the interior walls of the tread block, on the first and second portions. The cut-out portions are located on the first and second portions, and expose the sipe patterns on the second and first portions, respectively.