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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2006
Gia Van Nguyen, Blagny, FR;
Anne-france Gabrielle Jeanne-marie Cambron, Petange, LU;
Frank Pierre Severens, Arlon, BE;
Gia Van Nguyen, Blagny, FR;
Anne-France Gabrielle Jeanne-Marie Cambron, Petange, LU;
Frank Pierre Severens, Arlon, BE;
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
A tire has a tread with a plurality of ground engaging tread elements. In at least one of the tread elements is a sipe having a depth in the radial direction of the tire. The sipe has a crossed configuration comprised of two sipes. At least one of the sipes of the crossed sipe has a radially outer portion having three dimensional elements and a radially innermost portion have a substantially linear configuration. A blade useful for manufacturing the sipe has a crossed blade configuration with a configuration corresponding to the formed sipe.