Tire with sipes
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsNicholas Thomas Schoeppner, Jonathan James Shondel, Michael Stefan Skurich, Zachary William Juergens
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AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsNicholas Thomas Schoeppner, Jonathan James Shondel, Michael Stefan Skurich, Zachary William Juergens
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In one aspect, the invention is directed to a tire with a tread portion including at least one sipe having a pair of opposite sidewalls including a leading sidewall and a trailing sidewall. Said trailing sidewall extends essentially linearly along its radial height, and the leading sidewall comprises protrusions along its radial height, wherein at least a majority of the protrusions are chamfered along their radially outer top sides. In another aspect, a tire comprises a tread portion comprising a sipe having chamfered protrusions at one of its sidewalls, wherein a radially outermost edge of the respective one of the sidewalls is chamfered over a majority of its length. In still another aspect, a tire has a tread portion comprising a sipe with a sidewall having chamfered protrusions, and with radially extending bump stops.
A tire comprising a circumferential tread portion including two circumferential rows of shoulder tread blocks, two circumferential rows of intermediate tread blocks, and at least one row of center tread blocks, wherein the center tread blocks include
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A tire comprising a circumferential tread portion including
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