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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2017
Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Jeremy Trowbridge, Greenville, SC (US);
Satish Kaithal, Gurgaon, IN;
Michael Knauff, Simpsonville, SC;
Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Abstract
A heavy truck tire is provided that has a plurality of tread zones located at different locations in a lateral direction of the tread and configured for engaging a road. The first tread zone has a first max tan(δ), and a second tread zone located next to the first tread zone in the lateral direction has a second max tan(δ) is different than the first max tan(δ). The second tread zone is between the first tread zone and a third tread zone. The third tread zone has a third max tan(δ) that is the same as or close to the first max tan(δ). The first, second and third max tan(δ) are all within the range from 0.01-0.30. Also, either the first max tan(δ) is at least 0.05 greater than the second max tan(δ) or the second max tan(δ) is at least 0.05 greater than the first max tan(δ).