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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2000
David Robert Watkins, Sutton Coldfield, GB;
Michael Jackson, Birmingham, GB;
Paul Stephens, Birmingham, GB;
Sumitomo Rubber Industries Limited, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
A tire for a vehicle having at least one wheel at each corner, the tire comprising a non-longitudinal ground contacting tread extending axially between first and second axial edge regions and having tread grooves formed therein, wherein in the first axial edge region of the tread, the tread grooves are oriented substantially in the tire circumferential direction and in the second axial edge region of the tread the grooves are oriented substantially in the tire axial direction and in a third axial region of the tread axially between the first and second edge regions the orientation of the grooves changes progressively from circumferential to axial.