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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:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bertrand Garnier De Labareyre, Chamalieres, FR;
Jose Merino Lopez, Riom, FR;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 3/000 ; B29D 3/052 ; B60C 1/112 ; B60C 1/113 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 3/000 ; B29D 3/052 ; B60C 1/112 ; B60C 1/113 ;
Abstract
A tread for a tire, the tread being provided with a plurality of cutouts, defined by walls perpendicular to or oblique to the rolling surface of the tread, in which the two main walls of at least one cutout located in the part of the tread affected by the loading on the ground of the tire during travel are connected by at least one rubber connecting element and in that the total connection surface S of the connecting element(s) is at most 80% of the surface defined by the geometric contour L of minimum length and surrounding said total connection surface S . A method for producing a cutout provided with at least one connecting element.