Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tire having circumferentially biased sipe depths
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Application No.: US15102632Application Date: 2014-12-10
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Publication No.: US10266014B2Publication Date: 2019-04-23
- Inventor: Jacob R. Kidney , John L. Turner
- Applicant: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
- Applicant Address: US TN Nashville
- Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
- Current Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Nashville
- Agent Shaun J. Fox; Bryan Jaketic
- International Application: PCT/US2014/069427 WO 20141210
- International Announcement: WO2015/094830 WO 20150625
- Main IPC: B29D30/06
- IPC: B29D30/06 ; B60C11/12 ; B60C11/11

Abstract:
A tire includes a tread having a first plurality of tread blocks on a first side of an equatorial plane and a second plurality of tread blocks on the second side. Each of the first plurality of tread blocks has a first leading lug wall, a first trailing lug wall, a first leading sipe proximate to the first leading lug wall, and a first trailing sipe proximate to the first trailing lug wall. Each of the second plurality of tread blocks has a second leading lug wall, a second trailing lug wall, a second leading sipe proximate to the second leading lug wall, and a second trailing sipe proximate to the second trailing lug wall. The first leading sipes have a depth greater that of the first trailing sipes. The second leading sipes have a depth less than that of the second trailing sipes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160318351A1 TIRE HAVING CIRCUMFERENTIALLY BIASED SIPE DEPTHS Public/Granted day:2016-11-03
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