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Patent No.:

US 9156313 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2009

Hydroplaning performance for a tire

Applicant:

Ronald Hobart Thompson, Greenville, SC (US);

Inventor:

Ronald Hobart Thompson, Greenville, SC (US);

Assignees:

COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ESTABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;

MICHELIN RECHERCHE et TECHNIQUE S.A., Granges-Paccot, CH;

Attorney:

John Steckler Schwab

Primary Examiner:

Justin Fischer

Assistant Examiner:

Robert Dye

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 9/18 (2006.01); B60C 9/22 (2006.01); B60C 99/00 (2006.01); B60C 9/00 (2006.01); B60C 9/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 9/18 (2013.01); B60C 9/0064 (2013.04); B60C 99/006 (2013.04); B60C 9/2009 (2013.04); B60C 9/22 (2013.01); B60C 2009/1871 (2013.04); B60C 2009/2016 (2013.04); B60C 2009/2214 (2013.04); Y10T 152/10 (2015.01);
Abstract

This invention relates generally to an improved design that provides better hydroplaning performance for a tire, and, more specifically, to a tire that has a variable pressure shear band located below its tread that provides increased structural stiffness to the tire, helping the tire to resist deformation when the tire encounters water, thereby decreasing the tendency of the tire to hydroplane. Advantageously, the variable pressure shear band can improve the hydroplaning performance and rolling resistance simultaneously without degrading wear performance.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Thompson, Ronald. (2015). Hydroplaning performance for a tire (U.S. Patent No. 9156313). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9156313

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