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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2003
Billy Joe Ratliff, Jr., Clinton, OH (US);
Samuel Patrick Landers, North Canton, OH (US);
David Charles Poling, Uniontown, OH (US);
Charles Kenneth Schmalix, Canal Fulton, OH (US);
Robert Allen Losey, Kent, OH (US);
Billy Joe Ratliff, Jr., Clinton, OH (US);
Samuel Patrick Landers, North Canton, OH (US);
David Charles Poling, Uniontown, OH (US);
Charles Kenneth Schmalix, Canal Fulton, OH (US);
Robert Allen Losey, Kent, OH (US);
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
A tire tread for a pneumatic tire has a center rib and a series of steeply slanted grooves in each side region of the tread, the circumferentially adjacent grooves form blocks extending through the tread side regions. The center rib has a serrated configuration along each lateral side and a supporting chamfer extending from each serration point. Adjacent to each rib chamfer is a chamfer extending from the axially innermost point of the rib at the junction of two adjacent steeply slanted grooves. The rib is provided with high density siping. The tread blocks are siped wherein the siping density decreases from the tread center to the tread shoulders.