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US 12,629,966 B2Granted
Commercial truck tire
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsDerek John Becker, David Michael Pribula
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Abstract
A tire comprising a tire tread having a tread region comprising a first and second rib, wherein the first and second ribs are separated by a groove; at least one tie-bar element disposed within the groove, and the tie-bar block element having opposed sidewalls separated by a radially extending groove, wherein the radially extending groove tapers from a first width to a second width, wherein the second width is wider than the first width.
Claims5
A tire comprising:
- a tire tread having a tread region comprising a first and second rib, wherein the first and second ribs are separated by a first groove;
- wherein the tire tread has a plurality of tie-bar elements disposed within the first groove and separated by a circumferential spacing, wherein the tie-bar elements have first and second opposed sidewalls separated by a radially extending groove, wherein the tie bar elements have a radially inner portion wherein the first and second opposed sidewalls are spaced apart at a constant width, and wherein the tie bar elements have a radially outer portion wherein the first and second opposed sidewalls are continuously tapered so that the radially extending groove narrows from the radially inner portion to an upper surface of the tire bar elements.
A tire comprising:
- a tire tread having a tread region comprising a first and second rib, wherein the first and second ribs are separated by a first groove;
- at least one tie-bar element disposed within the first groove, wherein the tie-bar element has first and second opposed sidewalls separated by a radially extending groove, wherein the tie bar element has a radially inner portion wherein the first and second opposed sidewalls are spaced apart at a constant width, and wherein the tie bar element has a radially outer portion wherein the first and second opposed sidewalls are continuously tapered so that the radially extending groove narrows from the radially inner portion to an upper surface of the tread.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.