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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2023
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, Llc, Nashville, TN (US);
Jean Y. Chen, Hudson, OH (US);
Justin M. Gehres, Uniontown, OH (US);
Domenic Giampaolo, Broadview Heights, OH (US);
Neel K. Mani, Stow, OH (US);
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of a tire having a three-dimensional tire sipe are disclosed. In one embodiment, a tire sipe used in a tire is provided, the tire sipe comprising: a radially inner sipe taper portion having a radially inner sipe width Wand a radially inner sipe transition width W, wherein the radially inner sipe width Wis greater than the radially inner sipe transition width W; a radially outer sipe taper portion having a radially outer sipe width Wand a radially outer sipe transition width W, wherein the radially outer sipe width Wis greater than the radially outer sipe transition width W; and a sipe radially central portion having a plurality of individual sipe radially angled portions oriented in a zig-zag pattern, wherein the sipe radially central portion is oriented radially between the radially inner sipe taper portion and the radially outer sipe taper portion.