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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2019
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, Llc, Nashville, TN (US);
Hans Robert Dorfi, Akron, OH (US);
Sharon Elaine Reinhardt, Fairlawn, OH (US);
Robert Wayne Asper, Wadsworth, OH (US);
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
A method of mounting a tire on a vehicle includes providing a tire having a first side, a second side, and a circumferential tread disposed about the tire. The first side defines a first forward rotation direction that is a rotation of the tire in a counterclockwise direction when the tire is mounted on a vehicle in a first orientation and viewed from the first side. The second side defines a second forward rotation direction of the tire that is a rotation of the tire in the counterclockwise direction when the tire is mounted on the vehicle in a second orientation opposite the first orientation and viewed from the first side. The circumferential tread includes a plurality of tread elements. At least one of the tread elements includes a sipe arrangement that causes the tire to exhibit a first tire performance when the tire is mounted on the vehicle in the first orientation and rotated in the first forward rotation direction. The sipe arrangement causes the tire to exhibit a second tire performance that is different from the first tire performance when the tire is mounted on the vehicle in the second orientation and rotated in the second forward rotation direction. The method further includes mounting the tire on the vehicle in the first orientation for driving the vehicle in a first set of conditions, and mounting the tire on the vehicle in the second orientation for driving the vehicle in a second set of conditions.