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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:
Jun. 30, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Fernand Antoine Fourgon, Bastogne, BE;
Assignee:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C / ; B60C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1522 / ; 524496 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a tire with a rubber tread of a cap/base construction with a tread cap of rib/groove configuration in contrast to a tread cap of lug/groove configuration. The tread cap is composed of styrene/butadiene copolymer rubber and isoprene/butadiene copolymer rubber and reinforced with a carbon black blend, and the underlying tread base is composed primarily of natural cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber reinforced with carbon black. The invention particularly relates to truck tires and to bus tires which are collectively referred to herein as 'truck tires'.