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US 2024/0174031 A1Published application
Tire with improved snow performance
AssigneeBridgestone Europe NV/SA
InventorsGuiseppe RODRIQUEZ, Davy RUGGIERO
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a tire (1) having an external surface (10) with innovative profile at perimetral walls (2, 3, 4, 5) of the tread blocks (a, b), for Improving snow performances. The perimetral walls present a 3-dimensional voids/protrusions (9, 8) pattern, configured to improve snow digging and snow trapping effects.
Claims21
1-19. (canceled)
A tire presenting a circumferential direction, a radial direction, and a transversal direction, and comprising:
- an external tread portion which comprises a tread block, the tread block comprising a plurality of lateral perimetral walls;
- wherein at least a portion of an external surface of one of the perimetral walls bears a three-dimensional pattern of recesses and/or protrusions;
- and
- wherein the recesses and/or protrusions alternate to each other according to at least two spatial directions of the external surface.
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