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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2005
Aaron Scott Puhala, Kent, OH (US);
Rachel Rebekah Barnette, Akron, OH (US);
Kenneth Allen Bates, Brunswick, OH (US);
Robert Allen Losey, Kent, OH (US);
Bruce Raymond Hahn, Hudson, OH (US);
Tarah Pecora Shpargel, Solon, OH (US);
Richard Michael D'sidocky, Ravenna, OH (US);
Ginger Lee, Ravenna, OH (US);
Aaron Scott Puhala, Kent, OH (US);
Rachel Rebekah Barnette, Akron, OH (US);
Kenneth Allen Bates, Brunswick, OH (US);
Robert Allen Losey, Kent, OH (US);
Bruce Raymond Hahn, Hudson, OH (US);
Tarah Pecora Shpargel, Solon, OH (US);
Richard Michael D'Sidocky, Ravenna, OH (US);
Ginger Lee, Ravenna, OH (US);
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed towards speckled tire treads for tires. Specifically, the speckled tire tread includes a primary tread compound that serves as a matrix in which is distributed discrete particles of one or more secondary tread compounds, at least one of the compounds is a different color than the other tread compound(s) so as to be visually distinguishable. For example, the primary tread compound may include carbon black pigment and be black in color while the secondary tread compound can include one or more pigments to provide the particles with non-black color. Thus, the colored particles have a visually distinguishable color from that of the primary tread composition. Additionally, at least a portion of the particles may be situated for viewing on a running surface of the tire tread so that a subject can visually distinguish between the compounds, and such observed compounds may provide a different tire performance characteristic(s).