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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2013
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Phaniraj Muthigi, Copley, OH (US);
Jean-Louis Marie Felicien Thomas, Waltzing, BE;
Francois Philippe Depouhon, Arlon, BE;
Julien Alexandre Fursthos, Basse Ham, FR;
Michael Howard Curtis, Stow, OH (US);
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
A pneumatic tire comprises an annular tread portion including a plurality of circumferentially extending main grooves comprising an innermost groove, an outermost groove, and at least one middle groove arranged between the innermost groove and the outermost groove. The outermost groove comprises an inner sidewall, an outer sidewall, a groove bottom, and a groove opening opposite to the groove bottom, wherein the outermost groove has an asymmetric cross section with respect to any straight line perpendicular to the groove opening, and wherein the outer sidewall of the outermost groove is tilted by more than 20° with respect to a straight line perpendicular to the groove opening.