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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2013
Applicants:
Emiliano Sabetti, Rome, IT;
Massimo Mangia, Basiglio, IT;
Inventors:
Emiliano Sabetti, Rome, IT;
Massimo Mangia, Basiglio, IT;
Assignee:
BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/12 (2006.01); B60C 11/11 (2006.01); B29D 30/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/1218 (2013.01); B29D 30/0606 (2013.01); B60C 11/11 (2013.01); B60C 11/1204 (2013.01); B29D 2030/0613 (2013.01); B60C 2011/1213 (2013.01); B60C 2011/1227 (2013.01);
Abstract
A winter tire tread band having: a number of longitudinal and transverse grooves defining a number of blocks, each projecting radially upwards from a base surface of the tread band; and a number of sipes formed in at least some of the blocks, and each of which extends radially inwards of a corresponding block, from a top surface forming the rolling surface of the tread band; each sipe has a wave pattern when the corresponding block is viewed in any one of three planes perpendicular to one another and defined by a longitudinal axis, a transverse axis, and a radial axis.