Reinforced tread and method of forming
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsHongbing Chen, Christopher David Dyrlund, Adam Mark Baldan, Elizabeth Amelia Rogenski
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Abstract
A method for forming a composite tread, the method comprising the steps of forming a coextruded strip of a first compound and a second compound, wherein the first compound is a tread compound, and the second compound is formed from a high-wear compound, wherein the tread is formed from winding the coextruded strip onto the tire building drum while varying the ratio of the first compound to the second compound.
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A tire having a tread, wherein the tread has a base layer formed from a first coextruded strip having a range of 90-99% of a second compound and a range of 1-9% of a first compound, wherein one or more tread blocks are formed by a second coextruded strip having a range of 90-99% of the first compound and a range of 1-10% of the second compound, and wherein an outer edge of the one or more of the tread blocks is formed of 90-100% of the second compound.
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