Patent · US Expired

Heavy duty pneumatic tire tread

US4484610A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 17, 1982
Grant dateNov 27, 1984
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Expiry dateSep 17, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S152/90
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A heavy duty pneumatic tire tread includes a tread portion formed of five ribs separated by four circumferential zig-zag grooves, wherein each groove is made up of successive circumferentially and obliquely alternating one-half pitches having two different lateral widths, each of which remains substantially constant throughout its circumferential extent and wherein, within each one-half groove pitch, when viewed in the lateral direction, the lateral widths of the center grooves are of a first width whereas the lateral widths of the shoulder grooves are in the second width. The oblique angulation of the zig-zag grooves, relative to the circumferential direction of the tire changes every one-half pitch, with the degree of angulation, when viewed in a lateral direction, differing from the center grooves to the shoulder grooves.

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