Tire tread with multi-planar chamfers
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorBilly Joe Ratliff JR.
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Abstract
A tire has a tread on the outer circumferential surface. The tread has circumferential and lateral grooves defining tread blocks. In at least one tread block, one of the circumferentially extending sides of the block has a multi-planar chamfer.
Claims11
A tire tread comprising circumferentially extending grooves and laterally extending grooves, the circumferentially extending grooves and laterally extending grooves forming at least one circumferentially extending row of blocks wherein each block is defined by two circumferentially extending sides formed by the circumferentially extending grooves, and at least one block is comprised of a multi-planar chamfer extending along at least one circumferentially extending side of the block.
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