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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
May. 06, 2009
Scott J. Coe, Akron, OH (US);
Ryan L. Kupchella, Akron, OH (US);
Brian D. Steenwyk, Uniontown, OH (US);
Scott J. Coe, Akron, OH (US);
Ryan L. Kupchella, Akron, OH (US);
Brian D. Steenwyk, Uniontown, OH (US);
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
A method of designing a tire, wherein a tire designer identifies a target residual aligning torque range for a tire design and creates a computer model of the tire, including a buttress angle. Further, the method includes calculating the residual aligning torque of the modeled tire and comparing the calculated residual aligning torque value to the target residual aligning torque to determine whether the calculated residual aligning torque value is within the target residual aligning torque range. The method produces a final tire design having a target residual aligning torque.