Tire tread

US12420591B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company · US

Inventors

• Brian David Digman · Sagamore Hills, US
• Brett Alan Bogner · Wilmington, US
• Jonathan Robert Luke · North Canton, US
• Jeremy Lee Roberts · Hartville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 5, 2021
• Grant date: Sep 23, 2025
• Expiry date: May 5, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60C2011/1254
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A tire tread includes a plurality of circumferential grooves, each of the plurality extending continuously in a tire circumferential direction. The plurality of circumferential grooves define a circumferentially extending shoulder rib. The shoulder rib has a plurality of shoulder elements. Each shoulder element is defined by two lateral shoulder grooves. Each shoulder element has an axially outer shoulder element and a corresponding axially adjacent and axially inner shoulder element separated by a circumferential groove. The axially outer shoulder elements each have a pair of angled outer lateral S-shaped blind grooves extending axially away from the inner shoulder elements.