Pneumatic tire tread for a heavy duty vehicle comprising stone-expelling and noise-preventing protuberances
US12304251B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 11, 2020 |
| Grant date | May 20, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 20, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60C2200/065
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A tire tread (1) for a heavy construction plant vehicle, and aims to improve both its ability to not retain stones in its voids, during off-road use, and its ability to dampen the noise that it generates, during on-road use. At least one longitudinal groove (6) of the tread (1) has a longitudinal distribution of protuberances (7), and any protuberance (7) has a height H′ at least equal to 0.9 times the depth H of the groove (6) and has a first portion (71), having a height H1, a width W1 and a thickness T1, and a second portion (72), having a height H2, a width W2 and a thickness T2, satisfying the relationships: H′=H1+H2, 0.6*H′<=H2<=0.9*H′, W2>=0.25*W, T2<=min(3 mm; 1/3*T1), W1>=0.5*W, T1>=H1.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.