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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2005
Applicant:
Alain Durand, Aurieres, FR;
Inventor:
Alain Durand, Aurieres, FR;
Assignee:
Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., Granges-Paccot, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/13 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tire tread comprising a plurality of grooves opening on to a running surface, each groove having an average orientation and being defined by facing walls, these walls being connected together by a groove bottom, each groove being defined geometrically by a transverse profile obtained by intersecting said groove by a section plane substantially transverse to the average direction of the groove, the transverse profile of a plurality of grooves having variable curvatures, the variation of said curvatures in the section plane being mathematically continuous. A tire provided with such a tread.