Tire comprising a pattern providing a high contrast
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsSebastien Willy Fontaine, Michel Jean Yves Windeshausen, Wendy Therese Frida El-Sebaly, Vincent Pierre David Bylda
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Abstract
An aspect of the present invention relates to a tire comprising a sidewall, the sidewall having a surface comprising a surface portion including a hexagonal textured base pattern repeated over the surface portion so as to form a periodic textured pattern providing a high contrast to the surface portion. The hexagonal textured base pattern comprises protrusions and recesses, the protrusions and the recesses of the repeated textured base pattern cooperating to form respective lineal features extending over at least two of the repeated hexagonal textured base patterns.
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A tire comprising a sidewall, the sidewall having a surface comprising a surface portion including textured base pattern repeated over the surface portion so as to form a periodic textured pattern providing a high contrast to the surface portion, the textured base pattern comprising protrusions and recesses, the protrusions and the recesses of the repeated textured base pattern cooperating to form a first, second and third inclined surface joined together at an intersection forming a first tripod, and a second tripod formed of a first, second and third inclined surface joined together at an intersection, wherein the first inclined surface of the first tripod is aligned with the first inclined surface of a second tripod forming a first row which extends in a first direction wherein a distance between parallel lines of said inclined surfaces is less than 1 mm.
A tire comprising a sidewall, the sidewall having a surface comprising a surface portion including textured base pattern repeated over the surface portion so as to form a periodic textured pattern providing a high contrast to the surface portion, the textured base pattern comprising protruding features and recessed features, the protruding features and recessed features intersecting so as to form at least three non-parallel lines, wherein the three nonparallel lines are joined together at an intersection to form a tripod, wherein each non-parallel line has a curved segment on an end of the non-parallel line, wherein ends of the curved segment do not intersect any other lines in the textured pattern.
A tire comprising a sidewall, the sidewall having a surface comprising a surface portion comprising a three-dimensional tessellation providing a high contrast to the surface portion, the three-dimensional tessellation comprising a plurality of inclined planes intersecting so as to form at least three edges, wherein at least two of the edges are non-parallel, wherein each edge is in the shape of a chevron having an end, wherein each end of the chevrons are joined together at an intersection wherein a distance between parallel edges of the three-dimensional tessellation are less than 1 mm.
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