Invention Application
- Patent Title: Tread Layer For A Tire Comprising Channels
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Application No.: US15559232Application Date: 2016-03-24
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Publication No.: US20180072103A1Publication Date: 2018-03-15
- Inventor: Marie-Hélène VANTAL , Vincent LEDIEU , Kazutaka YOKOKAWA , Quentin BONNETON , Héloïse DEBORDEAUX , Mathieu VANDAELE
- Applicant: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
- Priority: FR1552752 20150331
- International Application: PCT/FR2016/050656 WO 20160324
- Main IPC: B60C11/12
- IPC: B60C11/12 ; B60C11/13 ; B60C11/03

Abstract:
A tire comprising a tread. This tread comprises at least one elongate block delimited by at least one lateral wall (5) and a contact face (7). The lateral wall (5) makes a non-zero angle with a transverse direction and the contact face contacts a road surface. The tire comprises at least one channel (19) extending through the elongate block and leading onto the lateral wall (5) of this elongate block. The tire also comprises a sipe extending from the channel towards the contact face, this sipe leading onto the lateral wall of the elongate block in a lateral wall outlet region. The lateral wall of the elongate block is inclined with respect to a radial direction (Z), at least in the lateral wall outlet region of the sipe, at an angle θ of between 20 degrees and 60 degrees with respect to this radial direction (Z).
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