Pneumatic Vehicle Tire with Protected Sidewall Markings
AssigneeContinental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
InventorStefan Rittweger
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Abstract
A pneumatic vehicle tire has a profiled tread, two side walls, and at least one protective rib running on the surface of the side wall over its circumference. The protective rib is disposed above and with a spacing distance from a side wall marking or a side wall decoration. The protective rib has a lower negative contour with at least one recess, which is configured to correspond to the positive contour of the side wall marking or side wall decoration facing the protective rib, such that the protective rib at least partially accommodates the upper half of the side wall marking or side wall decoration in the recess.
Claims10
A vehicle tire, comprising:
- a profiled tread and two sidewalls;
- a sidewall marking on one of said sidewalls, said sidewall marking having an upper half with a positive contour;
- a protective rib running on a surface of said one of said sidewalls over a circumference of said sidewall substantially above and a with spacing distance from said sidewall marking;
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- said protective rib having a lower negative contour with at least one recess formed therein, said lower negative contour being formed to correspond to the positive contour of said sidewall marking facing said protective rib and to accommodate said upper half of said sidewall marking in said recess of said protective rib.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.