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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1993
Filed:
May. 15, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Fred J Cusimano, II, Akron, OH (US);
Assignee:
Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1522 / ;
Abstract
A low noise pneumatic tire tread and method for producing same characterized by the minimization of the total amount of acoustic energy produced by a tire's tread as it rolls over a road surface by the strategic placement of grooves in a tread design such that the amount of groove void across at least one of the trailing and leading edges of the tread's footprint is substantially uniform about the circumference of the tire.