Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tire with variable width grooves
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Application No.: US15127861Application Date: 2015-10-22
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Publication No.: US10882361B2Publication Date: 2021-01-05
- Inventor: Aleksandr Ian Shmagranoff , David M. Severyn , Todd A. Buxton , Andrew D. Cerny , Stephen T. Miranda
- Applicant: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC , Bridgestone Bandag, LLC
- Applicant Address: US TN Nashville; US IA Muscatine
- Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC,Bridgestone Bandag, LLC
- Current Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC,Bridgestone Bandag, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Nashville; US IA Muscatine
- International Application: PCT/US2015/022920 WO 20151022
- International Announcement: WO2015/160490 WO 20151022
- Main IPC: B60C11/13
- IPC: B60C11/13 ; B60C11/04 ; B60C11/03

Abstract:
A tire includes a pair of sidewalls and a circumferential tread having a zigzag circumferential groove. The zigzag circumferential groove is defined by a groove bottom, a pair of groove walls, and a pair of groove edges defining an intersection between each groove wall and a top surface of the circumferential tread, wherein each of the groove edges smoothly widens and narrows along the groove. The circumferential tread has a first circumferential pitch with first and second circumferential pitch lengths. The first circumferential pitch includes a first zigzag circumferential groove segment and a second zigzag circumferential groove segment that form a first intersection angle. The second circumferential pitch includes a third zigzag circumferential groove segment and a fourth zigzag circumferential groove segment that form a second intersection angle different from the first intersection angle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170120686A1 TIRE WITH VARIABLE WIDTH GROOVES Public/Granted day:2017-05-04
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