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AssigneeBridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
InventorsJean Y. Chen, Justin M. Gehres, Domenic Giampaolo, Neel K. Mani
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Various embodiments of a tire having a three-dimensional tire sipe are disclosed. In one embodiment, a tire sipe used in a tire is provided, the tire sipe comprising: a radially inner sipe taper portion having a radially inner sipe width W3 and a radially inner sipe transition width W4, wherein the radially inner sipe width W3 is greater than the radially inner sipe transition width W4; a radially outer sipe taper portion having a radially outer sipe width W1 and a radially outer sipe transition width W2, wherein the radially outer sipe width W1 is greater than the radially outer sipe transition width W2; and a sipe radially central portion having a plurality of individual sipe radially angled portions oriented in a zig-zag pattern, wherein the sipe radially central portion is oriented radially between the radially inner sipe taper portion and the radially outer sipe taper portion.
A tire sipe used in a tire, comprising:
A tire sipe used in a tire, comprising:
The tire sipe of claim 7, wherein:
A tire sipe used in a tire, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.