Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Kerf structure for snow tire
- Patent Title (中): 雪轮轮胎结构
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Application No.: US14512874Application Date: 2014-10-13
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Publication No.: US09561690B2Publication Date: 2017-02-07
- Inventor: Sang Tak Joo , Sung Hee Youn , Su Jin Son , Myoung Joong Lee , Sang Moo Lee , Mu Yeong Kim
- Applicant: HANKOOK TIRE CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: Hankook Tire Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hankook Tire Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.
- Priority: KR10-2013-0126503 20131023
- Main IPC: B60C11/12
- IPC: B60C11/12

Abstract:
The present invention provides a kerf structure for a snow tire, including unit structures on each of which spiral-shaped protrusions are continuously formed to be spaced a predetermined distance apart on the outer circumferential surface of a semi-cylindrical shaped column, wherein the continuously formed unit structures are arranged by alternating convex and concave portions in a zigzag formation, which is capable of optimizing the rigidity which can maintain gripping force as an original function of a kerf while ensuring a friction force generated from small blocks of a tread portion partitioned with kerfs by collapsing a block at an optimum level and further ensuring the kerf function on snow even in the last stages of tread wear by lowering the rigidity of the blocks of the tread portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150107740A1 KERF STRUCTURE FOR SNOW TIRE Public/Granted day:2015-04-23
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