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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
May. 04, 2012
Vincent Abad, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Emmanuel Custodero, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Vincent Abad, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Emmanuel Custodero, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Abstract
A tire includes a tread, a crown with a crown reinforcement, first and second sidewalls, two beads, and a carcass reinforcement anchored to the two beads and extending from the first sidewall to the second sidewall. The tread includes a thermoplastic elastomer that is a block copolymer, which includes at least one elastomer block and at least one thermoplastic block. A total content of the thermoplastic elastomer in the tread is within a range varying from 65 to 100 phr (parts by weight per hundred parts of elastomer).