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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2018
Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Patrick Dayet, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Benoit Buffetaud, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Jacques Babaud, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Abstract
Tire tread () is divided into central part () and edge parts (), central part () having width Lc between 40% and 90% of total width W of the tread. Edge parts () do not have any transverse cuts. Central part () has a tread pattern with circumferentially oriented sipe () and transversely oriented sipes () distributed around the periphery of the tread, such sipes having a depth at least equal to 60% of thickness E of material to be worn away and being interconnected to form a network. Such sipes are continued by hidden channels (). Central part () is delimited axially by transverse sipes (), each of which ends in end channel () that opens onto tread surface () and extends into the thickness of the tread, and each end channel () is connected to the network formed by the hidden channels.