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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:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2007
Applicant:
Antonio Tirone, Rome, IT;
Inventor:
Antonio Tirone, Rome, IT;
Assignee:
Bridgestone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/12 (2006.01); B60C 11/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/12 (2013.01); B60C 2011/1213 (2013.01); B60C 11/0306 (2013.01); B60C 11/1218 (2013.01); Y10S 152/03 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tire, wherein the tread has a number of raised blocks divided into a number of elements by sipes crosswise to a motion direction of the tire. Each element has at least a first lateral surface separated by a sipe from a second lateral surface of an adjacent element and having at least one first portion sloping with respect to the motion direction and facing a second portion of the second surface. Parting of the first and second portion in the motion direction is controlled by an elastic locking device for locking the two portions to each other.