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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2019
Applicant:
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, Llc, Nashville, TN (US);
Inventor:
David M. Severyn, North Canton, OH (US);
Assignee:
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, Nashville, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/13 (2006.01); B60C 11/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/1353 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0369 (2013.01); B60C 2011/1361 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tire includes a circumferential tread extending in a circumferential direction circumscribing an axis of rotation. The circumferential tread includes a transverse groove having a plurality of protrusions protruding from a bottom portion of the transverse groove. One or more of a depth, a width, and a length of the transverse groove decreases in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation. The plurality of protrusions are circumferentially spaced apart across the bottom portion of the transverse groove.