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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2020
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Ettore Passante Spaccapietra, Ettelbruck, LU;
Philippe Joseph Auguste Muller, Champlon, BE;
Marco Nicolò Coccon, Luxembourg Ville, LU;
Lionel Jean-Marie Bortolet, Longwy, FR;
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
A tread for a tire includes a first circumferential main groove, a second circumferential main groove, a third circumferential main groove, and a fourth circumferential main groove. The fourth main groove has a stabilizing structure for increasing tread stiffness. The stabilizing structure has a circumferentially extending subgroove in a radially innermost bottom of the fourth circumferential main groove. The subgroove is axially offset a predetermined amount from a centerline of the fourth circumferential main groove.