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:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
May. 14, 2007
Eric Matthew Luecke, Doylestown, OH (US);
Delwyn Lovell Harvey, North Canton, OH (US);
Eric Matthew Luecke, Doylestown, OH (US);
Delwyn Lovell Harvey, North Canton, OH (US);
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
The tread of a pneumatic tire has a plurality of tread elements separated by at least one groove, the tread elements having a depth as determined from an initial tread surface and the base of the at least one groove. The tread has at least one chamfer. The chamfer is divided into at least two inclined adjacent portions with the inclined adjacent portions being inclined at different inclination angles relative to the tread surface. The difference in inclination angles of the different portions is at least 10°. The inclined adjacent portions are both connected to an inclined common area, the inclined common area being adjacent to the initial tread surface.