Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tire tread and a tire comprising a tread
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Application No.: US16992297Application Date: 2020-08-13
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Publication No.: US11427032B2Publication Date: 2022-08-30
- Inventor: Claude Schweitzer , Jean-Louis Marie Felicien Thomas , Bodo Ahrens
- Applicant: THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US OH Akron
- Assignee: THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
- Current Assignee: THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Akron
- Agent Alvin T. Rockhill
- Main IPC: B60C11/13
- IPC: B60C11/13 ; B60C11/00 ; B60C11/04 ; B60C11/03

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a tire tread comprising a tread cap comprising at least one tread cap rubber compound, at least three circumferential grooves, wherein at least portions of the sidewalls and the bottom of each of said grooves are formed by a circumferential groove reinforcement, and wherein a first groove reinforcement of a groove laterally next to the equatorial plane of the tire comprises a first reinforcement rubber compound which has a higher hardness than the tread cap rubber compound, and wherein a second groove reinforcement of a groove with a larger lateral distance to the equatorial plane of the tire than the first groove, comprises a second reinforcement rubber compound which has a higher hardness than the tread cap rubber compound and a lower hardness than the second reinforcement rubber compound.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210046784A1 TIRE TREAD AND A TIRE COMPRISING A TREAD Public/Granted day:2021-02-18
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