The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Feb. 03, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2005
Karl Eric Sundkvist, Akron, OH (US);
Eddy Dong-rong Pan, Stow, OH (US);
Tooney Raymond Jones, Norton, OH (US);
David Allen Griffin, Akron, OH (US);
John Russell Shaffer, Massillon, OH (US);
Charles Kenneth Schmalix, Canal Fulton, OH (US);
Keith Eric Grabo, Brecksville, OH (US);
Karl Eric Sundkvist, Akron, OH (US);
Eddy Dong-Rong Pan, Stow, OH (US);
Tooney Raymond Jones, Norton, OH (US);
David Allen Griffin, Akron, OH (US);
John Russell Shaffer, Massillon, OH (US);
Charles Kenneth Schmalix, Canal Fulton, OH (US);
Keith Eric Grabo, Brecksville, OH (US);
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
A tire tread has at least three rows of tread elements, each tread element in the at rows has at least one sipe and at least one sipe in each tread element row has a tie bar therein. Each tie bar in the sipes has a volume, and the volume of the sipe tie bar in each tread element in each row is not more than 10% different than the volume of the sipe tie bar in each tread element in any other tread row. Several of the tread rows have transverse grooves having groove tie bars therein.