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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, Llc, Nashville, TN (US);
Inventor:
Jon Irvin Stuckey, Lorain, OH (US);
Assignee:
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, Nashville, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/0318 (2013.04); B60C 2011/0325 (2013.04);
Abstract
A tire is provided having a tire noise pitch sequence based on preferred characteristics of the tire noise generated by tire tread lug stiffness variations. The tire has preferred modulation characteristics and good level characteristics. Tire noise pitch sequences are provided for tires with different numbers of tread lugs. In one embodiment, the invention provides a tire having a body having a tread that has a pitch sequence; and the pitch sequence having five different size pitches with pitch ratios of 1.00, 1.10, 1.25, 1.4, and 1.50.