Multi-level tire treadwear indicator
OwnerJacques Collette, Daniel Scheuren +3inventors
InventorsJacques Collette, Daniel Scheuren, Gregory William Camarato, Qingye Yin, Jacques Rene Smeets
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Abstract
A tire tread includes at least one tread element and a treadwear indicator. The tread element projects from a base of the tire tread. The tread element has a radially outermost surface for contacting a road surface. The treadwear indicator includes a first step and a second step radially offset from the first step. The first step has a first surface disposed radially inward of the outermost surface of the tread element. The second step is disposed radially inward of the outermost surface of the tread element.
Claims20
A tire tread for a vehicle tire, the tread comprising:
- at least one tread element projecting from a base of the tire tread, the at least one tread element having a radially outermost surface for contacting a road surface;
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- a treadwear indicator including a first step and a second step radially offset from the first step, the first step having a first surface disposed radially inward of the outermost surface of the at least one tread element, the second step disposed radially inward of the outermost surface of the at least one tread element.
A treadwear indicator comprising:
- a first step;
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- a second step radially offset from the first step, the first step having a first surface disposed radially inward of an outermost surface of a road contacting tread element, the second step disposed radially inward of the outermost surface of the road contacting tread element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.