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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2003
Jean Joseph Collette, Arlon, BE;
Philippe Marie Manne, Warken, LU;
André Domange, Etalle, BE;
Pascale DE Briey-terlinden, Attert, BE;
Jean Joseph Collette, Arlon, BE;
Philippe Marie Manne, Warken, LU;
André Domange, Etalle, BE;
Pascale De Briey-Terlinden, Attert, BE;
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
Both a mold blade for forming sipes and the sipe so formed in a tire tread element have three dimensional portions. In the formed sipe, the three dimensional portion creates a constant interlocking of the opposing sipe faces. The blade and the sipe have at least one row of alternating polygonal shaped recesses and protrusions. The recesses and protrusions terminate in a vertex; the vertex has a planar, or two-dimensional, configuration that is parallel to either-the blade centerline or the sipe centerline.