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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:
Aug. 02, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1999
Applicants:
Paul Welbes, Luxembourg, LU;
Claude Lardo, Luxembourg, LU;
Inventors:
Paul Welbes, Luxembourg, LU;
Claude Lardo, Luxembourg, LU;
Assignee:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C011/04 ; B60C011/12 ; B60C101/00 ; B60C103/00 ; B60C105/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tread () for a light truck or automobile tire () has a continuous rib () between an adjacent piece of circumferentially continuous grooves (). The tread () has a plurality of hook-shaped semi-blind grooves () originating from the circumferentially continuous grooves (). Each rib () has two rows of circumferentially spaced hook-shaped semi-blind grooves ().