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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2002
David Ray Hubbell, Jr., Hartville, OH (US);
Christopher Michael Smith, Akron, OH (US);
Michael David Kachner, Akron, OH (US);
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
By shifting the peak height of the tread on one side of the tire from the centerline (CL), for a tire intended for cambered use on a vehicle and/or exposure to lateral loading, improvements in the footprint shape, pressure distribution, area and footprint shape factor (FSF) are obtained. In an illustrated embodiment, 0.127 cm to 5 cm (deep) of mold material are removed from one side of the centerline (CL) of the crown in a conventional mold, at 15% to 85% of the distance from the centerline to the shoulder area of the mold (one-half inch to five and one-half inches in the illustrated tires), to obtain a mold shape having the designated change in tread peak height.