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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2025
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Michael Stefan Skurich, North Canton, OH (US);
Zachary William Juergens, Akron, OH (US);
Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner, Canton, OH (US);
Lac An Nguyen, Wadsworth, OH (US);
Tibor Fülöp, Erpeldange-Wiltz, LU;
Brian James Jakubowski, Uniontown, OH (US);
Kei Hayakawa, Uniontown, OH (US);
Richard Mark Wieland, Akron, OH (US);
Thomas Andrew Laurich, Fairlawn, OH (US);
Robert Wayne Schott, Uniontown, OH (US);
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a tire having a tread portion with tread blocks arranged in a V-shaped pattern. At least one of the tread blocks comprises a lateral sipe with a bump stop protruding into the sipe from one sidewall of the sipe towards an opposite sidewall of the sipe and extending along a radial direction to avoid closing of the sipe adjacent the bump stop due to forces transversal to the lateral sipe. In a second aspect, a tread portion of a tire comprises sipes with pairs of first and second bump stops facing each other and comprising oppositely oriented wedged shapes. In a third aspect, the invention is directed to a tire with tread blocks arranged in a V-shaped pattern, and further comprising tread blocks with chamfered edges, laterally and transversally extending sipes, transversally extending sipes with notches, and sipes with bump stops.