All-season high-performance radial-ply passenger pneumatic tire
US5000239A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 25, 1988 |
| Grant date | Mar 19, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 25, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60C2011/0388
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A passenger car tire that combines a number of design features or parameters which yeild a tire which has road noise, tread wear and handling performance characteristics which are equal to or better than those exhibited by comparable prior art tires, which possesses improvements in mud and snow performance not heretofore approached in prior art high performance tires, and in which heat dissipation characteristics are such that ornamental white sidewall lettering may be applied without in any way detracting from performance and durability characteristics. Moreover, and most surprisingly, the tire of the present invention is actually lighter in weight than is the most comparable prior art high performance tire, which does not possess the improved mud and snow characteristics of the invention.
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