公开(公告)号：US06695024B2

公开(公告)日：2004-02-24

申请号：US09922131

申请日：2001-08-03

申请人： Paul M. Neugebauer ,  John L. Turner ,  Stephen M. Vossberg

发明人： Paul M. Neugebauer ,  John L. Turner ,  Stephen M. Vossberg

IPC分类号： B60C1113

CPC分类号： B60C11/1369 ,  B60C11/0304 ,  B60C11/11 ,  B60C11/13 ,  Y10S152/902

摘要： A pneumatic tire includes a tread pattern having circumferential and lateral grooves forming a plurality of circumferentially extending ribs, each rib having a plurality of tread blocks. A plurality of tie bars extend circumferentially across certain of the lateral grooves between adjacent tread blocks in at least two of the ribs which are located equally opposite of a mid-circumferential plane of the tire. The tie bars have a pair of sidewalls and a sloped top surface with the slope of the top surface in one of the ribs being opposite to the slope of the tie bars in the other rib to generate a residual aligning torque (RAT) on the tire.

摘要翻译： 一种充气轮胎包括胎面花纹，胎面花纹具有形成多个周向延伸的肋的周向和横向槽，每个肋具有多个胎面花纹块。 多个连接杆在至少两个肋中相邻的胎面花纹块之间的某些侧向槽周向延伸，所述至少两个肋定位成与轮胎的中圆周平面相同。 连接杆具有一对侧壁和倾斜的顶部表面，其中一个肋中的顶部表面的斜面与另一个肋中的连接条的斜面相反，以在轮胎上产生残余对准扭矩（RAT） 。

公开(公告)号：US07090735B2

公开(公告)日：2006-08-15

申请号：US09922964

申请日：2001-08-06

申请人： Paul M. Neugebauer ,  John L. Turner ,  Stephen M. Vossberg

发明人： Paul M. Neugebauer ,  John L. Turner ,  Stephen M. Vossberg

IPC分类号： B29D30/00 ,  B60C11/12 ,  G06F17/50

CPC分类号： B60C11/12 ,  B29D2030/0613 ,  B60C11/11 ,  B60C11/124 ,  B60C2011/1213 ,  Y10S152/03 ,  Y10S152/902

摘要： A method for changing the residual aligning torque (RAT) of a pneumatic tire by forming angled sipes in certain of the tread blocks in at least a pair of circumferentially extending ribs, each rib being located on an opposite side of the mid-circumferential plane of the tire. The sipes in the tread blocks in one of the ribs are formed at an inclined angle opposite to the inclined angle of the sipes in the tread blocks in the opposite rib. The RAT can also be changed by varying the depth and width of the opposed angled sipes.

公开(公告)号：US08555698B2

公开(公告)日：2013-10-15

申请号：US13013870

申请日：2011-01-26

申请人： Paul M. Neugebauer ,  Erik Knuth ,  David O. Stalnaker ,  Craig K. McClung ,  Alleva Lorenzo ,  Kurata Takayuki ,  Yukitake Kosuke ,  Hiroshi Egami ,  Alberto del Grosso

发明人： Paul M. Neugebauer ,  Erik Knuth ,  David O. Stalnaker ,  Craig K. McClung ,  Alleva Lorenzo ,  Kurata Takayuki ,  Yukitake Kosuke ,  Hiroshi Egami ,  Alberto del Grosso

IPC分类号： G01N19/02

CPC分类号： G01N3/56 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  G01M17/022 ,  G01N33/42 ,  G01N2033/0085 ,  Y10T428/24372 ,  Y10T428/24421 ,  Y10T428/2443

摘要： A method of fabricating a substantially rigid hardened wear surface for a tire tread wear testing apparatus is provided, the method comprising making a cast of a road surface on which tread wear of the tire is to be tested, providing a layer of adhesive mixed with at least one aggregate and configured for hardening to create the substantially rigid hardened wear surface, while the layer of adhesive is unhardened: (a) coating the layer of adhesive onto a road wheel of the tire tread wear testing apparatus, and (b) stamping an impression of the cast into the layer of epoxy adhesive for producing the wear surface adapted for emulating one or more surface roughness characteristics of the road surface.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种制造用于轮胎胎面磨损测试装置的基本上刚性的硬化磨损表面的方法，所述方法包括制造要在其上测试轮胎的胎面磨损的路面的铸件，提供混合在一起的粘合剂层 至少一个骨料，并且构造成用于硬化以产生基本上刚性的硬化磨损表面，同时粘合剂层未硬化：（a）将粘合剂层涂覆到轮胎胎面磨损测试装置的轮轮上，以及（b） 压铸成环氧粘合剂层的印模，用于产生用于模拟路面的一个或多个表面粗糙度特征的磨损表面。