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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2014
Continental Reifen Deutschland Gmbh, Hannover, DE;
Amelia Olga Goncalves Ankiewicz, Hannover, DE;
Anastassia Pokutta-Paskaleva, Atlanta, GA (US);
Alexander Wuest, Seelze, DE;
Thomas Buchinger-Barnstorf, Wennigsen, DE;
Stefan Rittweger, Hannover, DE;
Thomas Fernandez, Hannover, DE;
Klaudia Dobczyk, Hannover, DE;
Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Abstract
A tread profile of a vehicle tire has profile positives such as profile blocks or tread bands that have sipes. The sipes have an approximately Ω-shaped geometry in plan view having two axial sections which are arranged approximately in an axial direction and which are arranged on a common, imaginary straight line with a spacing (a) to one another; a central bulge arranged between the axial sections, wherein the bulge has a maximum extent (b) measured in the axial direction; and, wherein a<b, such that undercuts are formed.